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UNITED STATES OF AIVJERICA. ^ 




SCHOOL LAWS 



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COMPILED BY THE 



SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, 

m ACCOEDANCE WITH THE INSTEUCTIONS OF THE 

^^ GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 



MAE.CH, 1851. >^5^cp 



WM. H, MERRITT, STATE PRINTER, 

DUBUQUE, IOWA- 
1851." 





SCHOOL LAWS OF IOWA. 



TITLE XIV. 

OF THE CODE OF IOWA. 

OF EDUCATION. 

CHAPTER Go. 

THE STATE UNIVERSITY. TITLE 14th. 

CHAPTER LXV. 

1011. There shall he estahlished at Iowa City, the present \7~T7:^, , ' 
seat of government of the state of Iowa, an institution to be 

called the " State University of Iowa," with such branches as, 
in the opinion of the general assembly, the public convenience 
may hereafter require. 

1012. The public buildings at Iowa City, together with Buildmgs. 
the ten acres of land on which the same are situated, are 
lierel^y granted for the use of said university : provided, that 

the sessions of the general assembly and the offices of the 
officers of state, shall be held in the present capitol until 
otherwise provided for by law. 

1013. The two townships of land granted by act of Con- Lands, 
gress of July 20th, 1840, for the support of a university, be, 

and the same are hereby, donated to the said state university, 
to be and constitute a permanent fund, the interest of which 
shall be applied exclusively to the support of said university 
and such branches as the general assembly shall establish. 

1014. For the control of said university and for the better Trustees, 
management of the same, there shall be appointed by the 
general assembly of the state, fifteen trustees, five of whom 



4 THE STATE UNIVERSITY. 

TITLE 14th. giiall be chosen biennially, wlio may make such by-laws, rules 

^^^ — ^ ' and regulations under the general laws of this state authoriz- 
ing incorporations for educational purposes, as may be neces- 
sary to organize and regulate said university. The superin- 
dent of public instruction shall be president of the board of 
trustees, and shall have power to call special meetings of the 
trustees whenever in his opinion it is necessary. 

S«i*«. 1015. James P. Carlton, H. D. Downey, Thomas Snyder, 

Samuel H. McCrory, Curtis Bates, Silas Foster, E. G. Lyons, 
James H. Grower, George Gr. Vincent, William G. Woodward, 
Theodore S. Parvin, George Achison, S. G. Matson, H. W. 
Starr and Ansel Briggs, be, and they are hereby appointed 
the first board of trustees, five of whom shall hold their offices 
two years, five four years, and five six years ; their several 
terms of office to be determined by lot. 

Teachers' pro- 1016. Whenever, in the opinion of the superintendent of 

fe:3sorship. t -,■ • ... „ t ■ f i ■% 

public instruction, it is necessary a proiessorsmp tor the edu- 
cation of teachers of common schools may be instituted, in 
such manner as in the opinion of said superintendent will 
best promote the interests of common schools throughout the 
state. 

^^"'^- 1017. The two townships of land herein donated to said 

university, when selected, shall be disposed of by the board of 
trustees of said university in the same manner, and under the 
same regulations as may be provided by law for the disposi- 
tion and regulation of t^e sixteenth sections in the difierent 
townships. 

Vund. 1;018. When said lands shall be disposed of as provided for 

in this act, the fund arising therefrom shall be paid into the 
state treasury ; and it is hereby made the duty of the trea- 
surer to loan the same out for a space of not less than five 
years, upon real estate security (the interest thereon payable 
annually) and the interest thereof to be subject to the order of 
ike board of trustees of said university and by them applied 
to the uses intended by this act. 

Meeting*. 101,9. The Said trustees shall meet at such tiines as shall 



THE STATE UNIVERSITY. O 

be fixed by their own appointment, and eigbt members shall TITLFUth. 

. CHAPTER hxr 

constitute a quorum to transact business. v ^_ - 

1020. Said university shall never be under the exclusive Religion, 
control of any religious denomination whatever. 

1021. The grants and donations herein made are upon the Condition *f 
express condition that the said university shall, so soon as it ^^^^ ' 
shall be in the enjoyment of revenue from the said grant and 
donations at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum, com- 
mence and continue the instruction, free of charge, of fifty 
students annually in the theory and practice of teaching, as 

well as in such branches of learning as shall be deemed best 
calculated for the preparation of said students for the business 
of common school teaching. Said students to be selected from 
the diff'erent parts of the state in such manner and under such 
regulations as the governor, the superintendent of public m^ 
instruction, and the judges of the several judicial districts 
shall determine — said regulations to be subject to the super^ 
^^sion of the general assembly. 

1022. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to pre- SapcrvlBioa. 
vent the general assembly of this state from exercising fall 
supervision over the said university, its officers, and the grants 

and donations made or to be made by the state. 

1023. The board of trustees shall keep a set of books, in f^'T^ °' 

J- ' trustees. 

which they shall keep an accurate account of all transactions 
relative to the sale and disposition of the land and the man-^ 
agement of the fund arising therefrom, and a complete record 
of all their proceedings in the control and management of the 
affairs of the university, which shall at all times be open to 
the inspection of the general assembly, to whom they shall re- 
port whenever required. 

Approved Fibruary 25, 1847. 

1024. Robert Lucas, A. H. Palmer, Curtis Bates, Dexter vacan«ie« 
P. Smith, Charles Buxnham and Silas Foster are hereby ap- filled, 
pointed trustees to fill the vacancies which have occurred in 

the board of trustees of the state imiversity. The governor of 



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THE STATE t^NlVEilSITY. 



TITLE 14th. the state of Iowa is hereby appointed ex officio trustee of said 

CHAPTJiK LXV 

« ^ ' university. 

Approved January 15, 1849. 



Vacancies 
filled. 



College at 
Keokuk. 



Directors. 



1025. George W. M'Cleary, E. C. Lyon, Anson Hart, Jus. 
H. Gower and G. D. Pahner are hereby appointed trustees to 
fill the vacancies which have occurred in the board of trustees 
of the University of Iowa by the expiration of the terms of cer- 
tain members thereof, and the vacancy occasioned by the re- 
signation of A. H. Palmer, formerly a member of the above 
board. 

AppitovED February 5, 1851. 

Medical Department. 

1026. The college of physicians and surgeons located at 
Keokuk, Lee county, Iowa, is hereby recognized and estab-- 
lished as the medical department of the Iowa state univer^ 
sity. 

1027. The said medical department shall have power to 
grant diplomas for the degree of doctor of medicine, to such 
persons as they deem qualified for such degree, and power to 
make such regulations and adopt such rules as may be neces- 
sary for the good of said department. 

1028. All persons having obtained such degree of doctor of 
medicine from said institution, are permitted to practice phy- 
sic, surgeiy, and obstetrics within this state. 

Approved January 28, iSol. 

Branch at Fairfield. 

1029. There is hereb}^ established at Fairfield in the county 
of Jefi"erson, a branch of the state university to be placed upon 
the same footing, in respect to funds and all other matters, as 
the university located by the act of February 25th, 1847, at 
Iowa City. 

1030. Barnet Ristine, Christian W. Slagle, Daniel Rider, 
Horace Gaylor'd, Bernhart Henn, and Samuel J. Bayard, of 
the county of Jeiferson, are hereby constituted and appointed 
a board of directors, whose duty it shall be to manage and di- 



THE STATE rXIVERSITY. ( 

Ted the entire business and affairs of the branch of the state TITLE I4tii- 

CHAPTER LXV 

■university directed to be located in said county of Jefferson. > ^ ' 

1031. The above named directors shall meet in the toAvn of '"g^"'^^^^""' 
T'airfield on the first Monday of May next, and organize by 

taking the necessary oath of office, and shall proceed to elect 
one of their number as president, also a secretary and trea- 
surer, Avho shall hold their offices for two years and until their 
successors are elected and qualified. 

1032. The treasurer thus elected shall give bond in such sum Treasurer. 
as a majority of the board may direct, payable to the superin- 
tendent of public instruction of this state and filed with him 

in his office. 

1033. The president shall preside at all meetings of the president. 
board, and shall cause the secretary to keep and preserve a 
regular record of all their proceedings, and shall, at least once 

in each year, at such time as the state superintendent shall di- 
rect, make a full and complete statement of the entire condition 
of the institution. 

1034. The above named directors shall continue in office as Term of office 
follows, to Avit : two shall continue in office for the term of two 

years, two for four years, and tAvo for six years, which shall be 
determined by lot at the first regular session, and the vacan- 
cies occasioned by the expiration of the offices shall be filled 
by joint resolution of the general assembly of the state, and 
the persons thus chosen by the general assembly shall continue 
in office for six years. 

1035. The board of directors and their successors in office Powers. 
are hereby clothed AA^ith the same poAver and authority to make 

and enforce contracts, that school districts noAV have, under 
the general laws of the state. 

1036. The board of directors as soon as practicable after ^^'^■• 
they are organized shall proceed to select a site of sufficient 
size in or near the toAvn of Fairfield in Jefferson count}^, upon 
Avhich to erect suitable buildings for said university, and shall 
procure a valid title to the same for the special benefit of the 
said institution. 

1037. The board of directors is hereby authorized to receive Donations 



THE STATE UNIVERSITY. 



TITLE 14th. any gifts, grants, or donations of money, lands, or other pro 

^_ ^ f ', perty, and to sell and convey the same, and to apply the pro- 
ceeds thereof to the erection of suitable buildings for said uni- 
versity, or furnishing the same with books, maps, charts, and 
other necessary apparatus. 

Funda. 1038. The board of dir4:ctors is hereby authorized to use 

any or all of the funds which accrue from the proceeds of 
the sale of the public lands granted, or that may hereafter be 
granted by the general government to this state for a univer- 
sity, and which are set apart by the superintendent of public 
instruction as the rightful share of the branch university in 
Jefferson county, in the erection of buildings and the payment 
of professors or teachers of said institution. 

Quorum. 1039. At all meetings of the board a majority of the direc- 

tors shall be a quorum for transacting business ; and no mon- 
ey shall be drawn from the treasury but by the order of the 
board, signed by the president and countersigned by the sec- 
retary. 

Approved, January 15, 1849. 

1040. Barnet Ristine, Christian W. Slagle, and Charles 
Negus, are hereby appointed trustees to fill the vacancies 
occasioned by the expiration of the terms of the trustees of 
the branch of the state university at Fairfield in Jefferson 
county. 

Approved, February 5, 1651. 
Branch at Dubuque. 

1041. There is hereby established a branch of the state 
university in or near the city of Dubuque, to be placed Kpon 
the same footing in respect to funds and all other matters as 
the university located by the act of the general assembly of 
the state of Iowa, approved February 25th, 1847. 

1042. The said branch shall be under the control of the 
superintendent of public instruction and the board of trustees 
hereinafter provided for, who shall on the first Monday of 
May next, hold a meeting in the city of Dubuque, and select 
a site for buildings and grounds in or adjoining the said city 



Vacancies 
filled. 



Control 
Powers. 



SCHOOL LANDS AND FUND. 



of Dubuque, and secure tlie title for tlie same by deed of ^ift TITLE Hth. 

^ n 1 *" 1 CHAP. LXVI. 

or otherwise, and take the necessary measures for the speedy v. , ^ / 

erection of buildings with a view to their future enlargement, 
and appoint professors and tutors when their services shall 
be required, and remove the same at pleasure, and provide 
such books and such other facilities as may be proper, and as 
the funds for that purpose will admit ; and it shall be their 
duty to put the said branch into operation as soon as practica- 
ble, not later than fifteen months from the passage of this act 
if the means at their disposal will admit. 

1043. John King, Caleb H. Booth, James M, Emerson, M. TruBtee«. 
J. Sullivan and Richard Bonson, are hereby appointed mem- 
bers of the board of trustees ; and the governor of the state 
for the time being, shall be a member of said board. But no 
moneys shall be appropriated to the support of any branch of 
the university until the revenues to the parent institution shall 
exceed three thousand dollars per annum, from the grant made 
by Congress. 

Approved January 16, 1849. 



CHAPTER GQ. 



SCHOOL LANDS xiND FUND. 



1044. It shall be the duty of the trustees of the several I6th section 
townships in this state, at as early a day as may be convenient ^ ° '^ • 
after the next township election, to proceed to an examina- 
tion of the sixteenth section or sections in their townships re- 
spectively, or lands granted in lieu thereof, and allot the same 
into such parcels as, in their opinion may be best to suit pur- 
chasers and advance the interest of the school fund ; in such 
allotment conforming, as far as may be consistent Avith the 
interests of said fund, to the legal subdi\Tisions by the United 
States surveys, and place a true value on each parcel, which 
value shall not be less than at the rate of one dollar and twen- 
ty-five cents per acre : provided, that upon lands settled upon 
and improved previous to the survey, the valuation shall be 
made as prescribed in the next succeeding section, 

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SCHOOL LANDS AND FUND, 



TITLE 14th 

CUAP. LXVI. 



Settler's 

viliffes. 



New 
ment. 



allot 



Record. 



Sale of land. 

Terms. 

j>ajment. 



1045. When any person shall have settled and made 
improvements on the sixteenth section previous to the survey, 

P^'^" he shall give the fund commissioner notice thereof accompa- 
nied by an affidavit of the truth of his statement. He shall 
then select one appraiser, and the fund commissioner shall 
appoint another, and in case of a disagreement the two shall 
choose a third. The appraisers thus chosen shall appraise 
the land thus occupied, independent of the improvements, and 
the improvements by themselves. The occupant shall then be 
permitted to purchase the land at the appraised value on the 
conditions hereinafter provided. In case he shall fail to do so 
within ten days after the appraisment, the land shall then be 
sold to the highest bidder : but in that case the purchaser, in 
addition to the price of the land, shall pay the occupant the 
appraised value of the improvements in cash. In case the 
land shall be offered to the highest bidder as aforesaid and not 
sold, the occupant shall pay annually to the fund commissioner 
of the proper county to the use of the school fund interest at 
the rate of ten per cent, per annum on the appraised value of 
the land and improvements, from the day the state of Iowa 
was admitted into the Union until the land be sold as herein- 
before provided, anything in the said second section to the con- 
trary natwithstanding.* 

1046. For good cause the fund commissioner may direct 
a new assessment or allotment, or either, as the case msbj 
seem to require. 

1047. The fund commissioner shall keep a "faithful record 
df his acts and doings by virtue of his office, and of all papers 
filed in the same.t 

1048. The fund commissioners of the respective counties, 
having received the allottment and appraisment of any or all 
of the sections sixteen, or lands granted in lieu thereof, shall, 
after giving thirty days' notice by Avritten or printed adver- 
tisements in three of the most public places in the county, and 
one in the township wherein the land is situated, proceed 
to sell such land to the highest and best bidder, upon the fol- 



■" As amended January 25, 1843. 



t As amended February 5, 18oi. 



SCHOOL LANDS AND FUND. 11 



lowmo; terms, to wit : onc-fourtli of the purchase money m ad- ^n LE I4th 

vance anci the balance on a credit not exceeding ten years, v ^ , 

bearing interest at the rate of ten per cent, per annum from 
the day of sale imtil paid, payable annually at the office of 
said fund commissioner. Lands assessed as aforesaid shall not 
sell for less than their appraised value. The fund commis- 
sioner shall receive, -when desired by the purchaser, the whole 
of the piu'chase money in advance. 

1049. If the purchaser pay the money in hand, the fund Same, 
commissioner shall give him upon the receipt thereof, a cer- 
tificate of purchase which shall entitle him to a patent, Avliich 
patent shall be issued by the governor. 

1050. If the lands be purchased upon a partial credit as Credit. 
hereinbefore mentioned, the contract shall be forthwith reduc- 
ed to writing, signed by the parties, and filed and recorded in 

the office of said commissioner, and thence, during the contin- 
uance of such contract, it shall be lawful for such purchaser 
or his assignee at any time to pay the principal and interest 
due upon such contract and receive a certificate of purchase as 
mentioned in the preceding section. 

1051. In order that the day of paying interest may be^'ay day, 
miiform, all contracts therefor shall make the first day of Jan- 
uary following the date of the contract the day of the first 
payment, and annually thereafter upon the same day. 

1052. If any person fail to pay the interest due upon any Forfeiture, 
contract as hereinbefore mentioned, it shall be lawful for the 

fund commissioner in his discretion, either to consider the con- 
tract as forfeited and proceed'to sell the land anew upon the 
terms prescribed in the fifth section of this act, or to collect 
the same by suit. 

1053. All contracts for the purchase of lands under the Waste. 
proA'isions of this act shall be subject to such regulations to 
prevent waste as may, from time to time, be prescribed by 

law. 

1054. When it appears to the satisfaction of the fund Credit. 
commissioner that any lands by him about to be ofi"ered for 

sale are of such a description that a sale thereof upon a par- 
tial credit would be wholly incompatible with the interest of 



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SCHOOL LANDS AND FUND. 



Waste. 



TITLE 14th. the school fund, and the preservation thereof from waste, and 

cH'Ip. lxvi. 

, ' _^ J especially in the case of timbered lands the value "whereof 

Same. consists chiefly in the timber growing thereon, the fund com- 

missioner may, in his discretion, exact the whole of the pur- 
chase money in advance, or if he sell such lands upon a par- 
tial credit as hereinbefore prescribed, it shall be his duty to 
require good collatteral security for the payment of the resi- 
due of the purchase money upon the terms agreed upon. 

1055. When the fund commissioner is satisfied that waste 
is being committed upon school lands, sold or unsold, it shall 
be lawful for him to apply by petition to the district court, or 
any judge thereof, for an injunction to stay waste, and the 
same if granted shall be without bond and shall stand for trial 
first in order upon the court docket. The said bill shall be 
tried in a summary way, upon which the fund commissioner 
shall be a competent witness ; the court may make such order 
in the premises as may be equitable and calculated to secure 
the school lands from waste or destruction, and may adjudge 
damages to the fund commissioner, against the party, for the 
injury done ; the costs shall abide the event of the injunction. 

1056. The five per centum upon the net proceeds of the 
sales of the public lands granted by the United States to this 
state shall be paid into the hands of the superintendent of 
public instruction to be disposed of according to law. 

1057. The proceeds of the sales of intestate estates, to 
which there may be n,o heir, shall be paid into the general 
school fund and be disposed of according to law. 

1058. When, in the opinion of the judge of any county, 
the security of the fund commissioner of the county may be 
insufiicient, the said judge may cite the said fund commis- 
sioner to appear before him at some specified time, to show 
cause why he shall not enlarge his bond, or give additional se- 
security, or both, as the case may be ; and upon the return of 
the process served the judge may make such order in the pro- 
ses as he may think proper. If the fund commissioner neg- 
lect or refuse to comply therewith, the judge may remove him 
from office. 



5 per cent. 



Escheatfl. 



Additional 
security. 



SCHOOL LANDS AND FUND. 



13 



1059. All lands contracted for under the provisions of this TITLE l4Ui 

^ CHAP. LXVI. 

act shall be subject to taxation from the day of making the 
contract of purchase, to be paid by the person contracting Taxes, 
therefor or by the occupant. 

Approved Febkcary 25th, 1347. 

1060. All the rights and privileges conferred by the second Settler's ph- 
section of the above act of February 25, 1847, upon the set-'^' ^^''^' 
tiers on the sixteenth sections of public lands, shall also bo 

enjoyed by the assignees or legal representatives of such 
settler. 

1061. All persons who have settled or may hereafter settle Sftme. 
upon such sixteenth sections, after they may have been sur- 
veyed, shall enjoy the same rights which are by law conferred 
upon those who may have settled prior to such survey, except 
that such latter settler claiming the right of pre-emption, shall 
pay an advance of fifty per cent, over and above the appraised 
value of the land in its unimproved state, and the same course 
shall be pursued in regard to its valuation and sale as is pro- 
vided by the act above referred to in relation to sixteenth sec- 
tions which may have been settled upon prior to the public 
surveys. 

Approved January 24, 1848. 

1062. In all cases where lands have been selected under Selection re- 

jected. 

the provisions of the aforesaid act of February 25th, 1847, 
where such selections have been, or may hereafter be rejected 
by the general government, it is hereby made the duty of the 
proper officer to cancel the bonds given and also to refimd 
back all moneys which may have been paid by purchasers of 
land under the provisions of said act, upon request being made 
by the proper person at his office. 

Approved, January 25, 1848. « 

1063. John M. Whitaker of the county of Van Buren, ^^;"'^ ^° '"^ 
William H. Morrison of the county of Dubuque, and Robert 

Brown of the county of Jefferson, are hereby appointed agents 
to select the remainder of the five hundi-ed thousand acrea of 
land granted to the state of Iowa upon the admission of said ^ 



14 



SCHOOL LANDS AND FUND. 



TITLE 14th. state into the union, under tlie 8th section of the act of con- 

CHAP. I.WI. 

^ , ' gress oi Kseptember 4th, 1841, entitled " An act to appropriate 

Same. ^|-^g proceeds of the sales of the public lands and to grant pre- 

emption rights." The said Whitalcer shall confine the selec- 
tions made by him to the Fairfield land district, said Morrison 
to the Dubuque land district, and the said Brown to the Io^Ya 
City land district. 

Oath. 1064. Said agents shall take and subscribe an oath before 

some clerk of the district court in this state, for the faithful 
discharge of the duties required of them by this act, and shall 
file an authenticated copy of the same with the register of each 
land office in this state, 

^'^'^y- 1065. They shall then proceed to select the land in accor- 

dance with the instructions of the commissioner of the general 
land office of August 6th, 1847, and report the same to the 
register of the land office in whose land district the selection 
is made. 

Compensation 1066. They shall eacli be allowed the sum of three dollars 
for every day they may be necessarily employed in the dis- 
charge of their duties, and shall present their respective ac- 
counts verified by oath to the auditor of state, who shall audit 
and allow the same and shall draw a warrant in their favor for 
the amount thus verified on the treasurer of state, to be paid 
out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. 

Record. 1067. It shall be the duty of each of the aforesaid agents 

to keep a correct record of the selections of land made by 
himself as herein provided, to estimate the value per acre of 
each quarter section, and to make a full report of the same on 
the first day of December next. 

Copy. 1068. The secretary of state shall file a duly authentica- 

ted copy of this act as soon as the same shall have been pub- 
lished, with the register of each land office in the state. 

Blank Forms. 1069. The superintendent of public instruction shall pre- 
pare and have printed suitable blank forms for reporting the 
selections of land as herein contemplated, and shall transmit 
the same, together with a copy of the instructions of the com- 
missioner of the general land office aforesaid, to each of the 
aforesaid agents. 



SCHOOL LANDS AND FUND. 15 

1070. Tlie superintendent of public instruction may au- TITLE 1 4th. 

tliorize tlie sale of any lands selected under the provisions oi v ^ > 

this act in any organized county, by tlie school fund commis- •■' °' ^" "' 
?ioncr. at any rate per acre which the said superintendent of 

public instruction may determine, not less than the minimum 
fixed thereon by the selecting agent, upon the terms prescribed 
in the act of February 25th, 1847, entitled, "An act to pro- 
vide for the management and disposition of the school fund." 

1071. When it appears to the fund commissioner that the flcscrvation. 
fichool fund is liable to be injured by bringing into market 

any portion of the sixteenth section, the}' may reserve the 
same from sale. But this shall not be applicable to pre-emp- 
tions granted under former laws. 

1072. The superintendent of public instruction shall visit Superintend- 

^ '■ _ ent s duty. 

the several counties of the state and examine the books and 
accounts of the fund commissioners, and shall make such ad- 
ustment of the funds under their control as may be necessary 
to carry into effect any of the provisions of the general as- 
sembly relative to the same, according to their spirit and 
intent. But the said superintendent shall not have control 
of the funds in the hands of any school fund commissioner, 
unless by express enactment of the general assembly. 

1073. When in the opinion of the school fund commissioner. Surreys, 
it may be necessary to have any portion of the school lands 
within his count}' surveyed, he may employ a surveyor for the 
purpose who shall be paid out of the interest of the school 

fund, and the commissioner aforesaid shall render an account 
of the expense thus incurred together with all other contingent 
expenses of his office in his annual report to the superintend- 
ent of public instruction. But in all cases where a survey is 
not actually necessary the allotment shall be made by the 
township trustees, as provided in the act of February 25th, 

1847, above referred to. 

1074. Ko person who may avail himself of the right of ^'■'^-^^''?*^'^"«- 
pre-emption, under the provisions of the act of January 24th, 

1848, entitled " An act to amend an act entitled an act to 



16 SUPERINTENDENT OP PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. 



TITLE 14th. pj.Qyi(|g for the manacrement and disposition of the school fund," 

CH'iP.LXVII. 

v___^ ' approved February 25th, 1847, shall be permitted to pre-empt 

more than one hundred and sixty acres. 

FaiUire to pay 1075. When any person to whom a portion of the school 
fund has been loaned fails to pay the interest thereon as pre- 
scribed in the ninth section of the act to which this is supple- 
mental, it shall be the duty of the school fund commissioner 
to report the name of said delinquent to the prosecuting at- 
torney of the county within five days thereafter, who shall 
immediately commence suit against said delinquent for the 
collection of said interest. 

Approved, Jandaky 15tli, 1849, 



CHAPTER 67. 



THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. 

Eieeiioji. 1076. At the township election on the first Monday in. 

April, A. D., 1851, and triennially thereafter, there shall h& 
elected a superintendent of public instruction, who shall hold 
his office for three years and until his successor is duly elected 
and qualified. 

Qualification 1077. Before entering upon his duties he shall take and 
subscribe the usual oath of office, and shall also execute a bond 
in the penalty of twenty-five thousand dollars, payable to the 
state of Iowa, with sureties to be approved by the governor, 
conditioned for the prompt discharge of his duties as superin- 
tendent of public instruction, and for the faithful application 
and disposition, according to law, of all school moneys which 
may come into his hands by virtue of his office. Said bond 
and oath shall be deposited with the secretary of state, and 
an action may be maintained thereon by the state, at any time, 
for a breach of the conditions thereof. 



SUPERINTIvNDKNT OF I'UBLIC IN.STRtCTlOX. 17 



1078. It shall be his duty to keep an office at the seat of."'ITLE Ht>i 

government, and to .file all }»apers, reports and public docu- ^_U^ , 

ments transmitted to Iiim by the school officers of the* spv^eral Office. 

' counties, each 'fear separately, and hold the same in readiness 
to be exhibited' to the governor or to any committee of either 
liouse of the general assembly, and shall keep a fair record of 
all matters pertaining to tlie business of his office.. 

1079. lie shall, without delay, pay over all sums of money Duty 
which may come into his hands, by virtue of his office, to the 
officer or officers authorized to receive the same,, in such man- 
ner as may be prescribed by law., 

1080. On the twenty-fifth day of January of each year he Apportion 
shall apportion among the several counties of the state, the 
interest of the permanent school fund which shall have accrued 

up to the first day of J anuary aforesaid, and shallimmediately 
transmit to the school fund commissioners a- statement of the 
amount thus apportioned to their, respective counties, accom- 
panied with his vfarrant for the same on. the officer in whose 
liands it may be deposited, 

1081. He shall have a general supervision of all the district General s>j-. 
schools of the state, and shall see that the school system is as '"' 

early as practicable, put into uniform operation; shall visit 
every county at least once during his term of office, confer 
freely with the several school officers, and give such advice rel- 
ative to scltools as he may deem necessary ; he shall deliver a 
public lecture to the teachers and people of each school district, 
on the subject of education, if deemed practicable, and perform 
generally such duties as may tend to advance the interests of 
education. 

.1082. He shall examine and recommend to the several school Text book*, 
districts, a uniform series of text books, to be used in the schools 
thereof. 

1083. He shall prepare and- have printed suitable forms forinstructonis., 
all reports required by this act, and shall transmit the same 
with such instructions as he may deem proper for the org.aniza- 
tion and government of the public schools, 9,xid with such .direc- 
tions in reference to the course of stu^iestaa he md^y fxd<rQ 

2* 

\ 



l!^ SCHOOL FUND COMMISSIONER. 

TITLE 14th. advisable, to the several officers entrusted with their manage- 

t HAP. I.KVIII. 

. ^ / nient and care. 

Establish 1084. He shall make all farther rules and regulations that 

rules. , ° 

may be necessary to carry the law into full effect, according to 
its spirit and intent, which shall have the same force and effect 
as though contained herein. 

Print laws. 1085. He shall cause so many copies of this act, with the 

forms, regulations and instructions herein contemplated, thereto 
annexed, to be from time to time printed and distributed among 
the several school districts of the state, as he shall deem expe- 
dient. 

Report. 1086. He shall make a report to the general assembly at 

each regular session' thereof, exhibiting the condition of the 
state imiversity and public schools, and of the funds appropri- 
ated to each, and all such other matters relating to the affairs 
of his office as he may think proper to communicate. 
^Compensation ^Qg^^ He shall receive annually the sum of twelve hundred 
dollars as a salary for the services required under the provisions 
of this act, and also all necessary contingent expenses for 
postage, books and stationery pertaining to his office, to be au- 
dited and paid as the salaries and contingent expenses of other 
state officers are. 

Approved, January 15, 1849. 

Report- 1088. The superintendent of public instruction shall report 

biennially to the general assembly of this state on the fii-st 
day of the session thereof. 

' . Joist Resolution Approved, Februakt 5, 1^1. 



CHAPTER 68. 



SCHOOL FUND COMMISSIONER. 



ESffctioa. 1089. At the annual township election on the first Mondagr 

ill April, A. D. 1850, and biennially thereafter, in each, organ- 



SCHOOL FUND COiMMISSIONER. VJ 

^ized county in this state, there shall be elected one school fund TITLE I4fh- 

1 1 1 11 1 1 T 1 • m n CHAP. LXVIll. 

X'ommissioner lor the county, -who shall hold his omce tor two v ^ ; 

years and until his successor is elected and qualified. 

1090. Within twenty days after his election, he shall take Qualification, 
•and subscribe an oath that he will faithfully discharge the du- 
ties of his office, and .shall also execute a bond to the state of 

Iowa, in the penalty of ten thousand dollars, with sureties 
to be approved by the clerk of the district court and the 
sheriff of the county, conditioned for the faithful application 
of all school mone}^ that shall come into his hands. Said 
4)(>nd and oath shall be deposited with the clerk of the district 
<'()urt, and suit shall be brought thereon at any time in case 
of mal-practic*e in office, by the prosecuting attorney. 

1091. Should he fail to qualify as above required, or if for Vacancy. 
any other reason there be a vacancy in the office, the clerk of 

the district court, prosecuting attorney, and sheriff of the 
county shall appoint <i substitute, who shall qualify in like 
manner. 

1092. He shall on the fifteenth day of October of each Report, 
year, transmit to the superintendent of public instruction a 
report, containing an abstract of the several particulars set 
forth in the reports of the district secretaries, together with a 
statement of the financial affairs of his office, and such sug- 
gestions as he may think proper to make relative to the 
schools of his county. 

1093. Should he fail to make his report as required in the Failure, 
foregoing section he shall forfeit the sum of twenty dollars, 

and suit shall be brought on his official bond for the col- 
lection of the same with damages, by the prosecuting attor- 
ney. 

1094. He shall keep an accurate account of the receipts Accou«t«. 
and expenditures of his office, and shall render an account cur- 
rent thereof at any time when required by the superintendent 

of public instruction. 

1095. He shall take receipts for all moneys paid out,, in a Receipts Ic. 
book provided for that purpose, file all warrants and orders 

drawn on him by the respective presidents of the district 



20 



SCHOOL FUND COMMISSIONER. 



(HAP. I Win. 



Aocounts. 



Apportion 

IfiClilfV. 



TITLE I4f,h. |)oard,«, and all other papers transmitted to liim pertaining to 
the business of liis office, and shall hold the same subject to 
'the inspection of the superinterdent of public instruction or 
' any of the school officers of his county. 

109G. He shall keep a correct account of all mone^^'s re- 
received from' the township ' and county officers, specifying the 
particular source from which the same accrued. 

1097. He .^hall distribute to the district officers -within hi.*! 
comity such- blank forms, ■ circulars, and other communica- 
tions as may- be ■transmitted to him for that purpose by 'the 
superintendent of public iiistr-uction.. ' . 

1098. On the first dajrof March annually he shall appor- 
tion the interest of the permanent -school fimd to which his 
county is entitled, the county school tax, and all money in hi.s 
hands appropriated for the support ©f schools, among the 
several school districts of his county, in proportion to the num- 
ber of persons reported to him by the respective district secrc- 

'■ taries, and shall record a statement thereof in his office. 

l-OGS. He shall immediately notify the president of each 
school district of tlie amount to which his district may be en- 
titled by- said apportionment, and shall pay the same over Uj 
the district treasurer upon the warrant of the president coun- 
tersigned by the secretary. 

1100. .He shall' loan out the principal of the permanent 
school fund as the same may come into his hands, at the rate 
of ten pel' cent, interest per'a-anum- said interest to be made 
payable at his office on the first day of January in each year. 

1101,, The payment of the money thus loaned and the in- 
terest thejeon, shall be secured by promissory note to be exe- 
cuted by the loanee with two good sureties, and by mortgage 
on real estate of the clear unincumbered value of double the 
amount of money loaned. 

■ 1102. The value of real estate proposed to be given in se- 
.flirity for money loaned as herein provided, shall be fixed by 
three . appraisers under oatli, to be .appoiuted by the fund 
ce"mmissio.ner, who shall be allow'ed therefor the sum of fifty 
icemtseach-tobe paid by the loanee. 

1103. ISo loan tO' any one person or company shall exceed 



Loans. 



Sfouritv. 



SCHOOL FUXP COMIMISSIOXEK. 21 

the sum of uve hundred doUars, nor shall anv loan be madeTH'LE Uili. 

, ' CHAP. LXVII 

for a less term than one year or more than liive. years. v ^, 

1104.. In all cases where it shall be necessary to administpv^^'''^-'' ''^'' 
atny oath or aflSrmation under the provisions of this act or any 
other act pertaining to the duties of the school fund commis- 
sioner, he is hereby authorized to administer the same. 
■ 1105. . He shall divide into school districts and number the School dis. 
same, each township or election precinct in his country or any '^'^'^^'^" 
part thereof, where the same has not heretofore been districted, 
and may alter and change the boundaries of districts thus 
formed, or those formed under other acts, from time to time, as 
the convenience of the inhabitants of the aforesaid townships 
and election precincts may require, and shall proceed to make 
such change at any time when petitioned by two-thirds of the 
legal voters of any, district. . 

1106. He ma}'- form a district from parts of two or more Same. 
adjoining toAvnships, and shall number said district as belong- 
ing to one of the several townships from which it is formed ; a 
district may also be formed from parts of two or more adjoin- 
ing comities by the concurrence of the respective fund commis- 
sioners. But the persons in said district between the ages of 
five and twenty-one years shall be reported by the secretary 

of the district to the fund commissioner of the county Avithin 
which they reside, and the school money to which they may 
be entitled by virtue of said reports shall be paid to the trea- 
surer of said district. . 

Approvkd, Ja.vuary 15, 1849. 

1107. The several school fund commissioners in this state i:^pport 
(siiall report annually on the first day of November in each 

and every year, to the superintendent of public instruction, in 
s.uch manner as he may direct, 

Jjoint B-esolhtion, Approved FEsnuART 5, 1851. 



22 SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 

TITLE 14th. 
CHAP, r.xix. 

CHAPTER 69. 

SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 

Body corpo-. 1108. Eacli scliool district formed and organized under an j 

rate. former law or under the provisions of this act, is hereby de- 

clared to he a body corporate by the name and style of School 

District No, of the township of — — in the county of 

and state of Iowa, and in that name it may hold property 

and be a party to suits and contracts. 

New districts. 1109. Upon the formation of a new school district, the fund ' 
commissioner shall notify some qualified voter thereof, by 
written notice, describing the boundaries of the district, and 
also the time and place of the first meeting. 

Notice. 1110.. Such qualified voter shall notify each elector in the 

district of the same, by personal service as far as convenient, 
and shall post a notice at the place of meeting and also in 
three other public places in the district, stating the bounda- 
ries of the district and the time and place of meeting, at least 
six days before the time of said meeting. 

Organization. 1111. The qualified electors of the district when assem- 
bled in accordance with the notice required in the foregoing 
section, shall organize by appointing a president and secre- 
tary who shall act as judges of tlie election, and the name of 
each elector shall be recorded by the secretary. 

Officers. 1112. They shall then by ballot elect one president, one 

secretary, and one treasurer, who shall constitute a board of 
directors for the district, and shall hold their offices until the 
next succeeding annual district election, and until their suc- 
cessors are elected and qualified. 

Qualification. 1113. Said directors shall, within ten days after their 

election, appear before some justice of the peace and take an 

oath for the faithful performance of their duties ; and in case 

they fail so to do,, they shall each forfeit the sum of five dol- 

_,. ^ . ^ ^ lars for the use of the district. 
District meet- 
ings. 1114. The regular meetings of each school district shall 



SCHOOL DISTRICTS. ^6 

be held on the first Monday m May and October in each TITLE 14th- 

*' •' CHAP. LXIX. 

year. v , ' 

1115. The qualified electors of the district, when assem- Powers of 
bled, shall have power : 

First — To appoint a chairman and secretary, in the ab- 
sence of the regular ofiicers ; 

Second — To adjourn from time to time as occasion may 
require ; 

Third — To determine the number of schools which shall be 
established in the district and the length of time that each 
shall be taught ; 

Fourth — To fix the site for each school house, taking into 
consideration in doing so the wants and necessities of the 
people of each portion of the district. 

Fifth — To la}' such tax on the taxable property of the dis- 
trict as the meeting shall deem sufficient to purchase or lease 
a suitable site for a school house or school houses, and to 
build, rent, or purchase a school house or school houses, and 
to keep in repair and furnish the same with the necessary 
fuel and appendages, and for procuring libraries for the 
schools, books, and stationery for the use of the board and the 
district meetings, and to defray all other contingent expenses 
of the district : provided, however, that said tax shall not ex- 
ceed one and one-half per cent, on the taxable property afore- 
said in any one year. 

Sixth — To direct the sale or other disposition to be made 
of any school house or the site thereof, and of such other pro- 
perty real or personal as may belong to the district, and to 
direct the manner in which the proceeds arising therefrom 
shall be applied ; 

Seventh — To determine what branches of learninor shall be 
taught in the schools of their districts ; 

Eighth — To delegate any or all of the powers contained in 
the foregoing specifications to the district board : 

Ninth — To fix the compensation of the secretary and trea- 
surer of the district, and to transact generally such business 



SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 



II ILE 14th. ^^ may. tend to promote the cause ot education .in accordanco^ 

CHAr". r.xix. ... ... /. 1 ■ 

> .^ ^ ^Yitli the provisions ot this act. 

Taxes. 1116. In levying a tax the district meeting shall designate 

the i-espective objects for which the same is raised, and tha 
amomit to be raised for each object ; and the aggregate amount 
shall be assessed and collected by the secretary as herein 
provided. 

fowers. 1117. They may determine whether a school of a higher 

SsciiooJs. grade shall be established in the districtj the number of 

teachers to be employed, and the course of instruction to be 
pursued therein ; and may erect for the purpose one or more 
permanent school houses, and shall cause the district board to 
make such classification of the pupils thereof as they may 
deem necessary ; but in selecting the site for such school. 
house or school houses, the permanent interest and future wel- 
fare of the people of the entire district shall be consulted. . 
The extra compensation required for teacher's salaries in 
such school or schools shall be paid by private subscrip- 
tion in such proportionate parts as the board of directors 
may determine. 

jimjee.' 1118. They may adopt such rules of order, not incom- 

patible with the provisions of this act and instructions of the' 
superintendent of public instruction, for the government of 
district meetings, and may alter and change the same from> 
time to time as occasion may require, and may prescribe the 
manner of taking the sense of the meeting upon any ques- 
tion : provided, that the last specification shall not apply ta. 
the election of officers. 

Approved, January 15, 1849. 



DISTRICT OFFICERS. 2.5' 



TITLE 14th. 

CHAP. LXX. 



CHAPTER 70,. 
The Election, Powers and duties of District Officers. 

1119. There shall be elected in each organized school dis- ""^^^J" ^""^ 
trict, at the regular district meeting on the first Monday in 

May of each year, one president, one secretary, and one treas- 
urer of the district, who together shall constitute a board of 
directors for the district, and shall hold their offices for one 
year and until their successors are elected and qualified. 

1120. Said directors shall qualify in the manner prescribed Qualification. 
in the preceding chapter for directors elected upon the forma- 
tion of a new school district,. and in case they neglect or re- 
fuse so to do they shall be subject to the same penalty. 

1121. The board of directors may hold such regular, spe- Meetings. 
cial or adjourned meetings as they may from time to time de- 
termine. 

1122. The president, when present, shall preside at all President, 
meetings of the board and of the district, sign all warrants 

for the collection of taxes, all orders on the treasurer for the 
payment of money, and shall draw all drafts upon the school 
fund commissioner for money apportioned to his district. 

1123. All drafts and orders drawn on the district treasurer His Drafts, 
as required in the foregoing section shall specify the fund on 

which they are drawn and the use for which the money is de- 
signed. 

1124. The district board shall employ all teachers neces- Board employ- 
sary for the schools of the district and pay them by draft on 

the treasurer ; but they must not overdraw the amount due 
from the teacher's fund ; and when there are not sufficient 
funds in the hands of the treasurer for the payment of such 
teachers, the balance shall be paid by the persons sending pu- 
pils, in such manner as may be agreed upon by the teachers 
and the district board. 



DISTRICT OFFICERS. 



TITLE 14th. 

CHAP. LXX. 

President. 



Secretary. 



List. 



Accounts. 



Notice of 
meetings. 



Duty as to 
taxes. 



1125. The president shall appear in behalf of his district 
in all suits brought bv or against the same. But when he is 
individually a party this duty shall be performed by the sec- 
retary. 

1126. The secretary shall record all the proceedings of 
the board and of the district meetings in separate books to be 
kept for that purpose, and shall preserve copies of all reports 
made to the school fund commissioner, and shall file all papers 
transmitted to him by other school officers pertaining to the 
business of the district, and shall countersign all drafts, war- 
rants and orders drawn by the president. 

1127. He shall, between the first and fifteenth day of Sep- 
tember of each year, take and keep on record a list of the 
names of all the white persons in the district between the 
ages of five and twenty-one years, and shall deliver a copy of 
the same to the principal teacher of each school in the dis- 
trict. 

1128. He shall keep an accurate account of all the expen- 
ses incurred by the district, and shall present the same to the 
district board to be audited, and paid as herein provided out of 
the school house fund. 

1129. He shall give ten days previous notice of all regu- 
lar and special meetings of the district as herein authorized, 
by posting up a written notice in five different places therein, 
and shall furnish a copy of the same to the teacher of each 
school in the district to be read once in the presence of the 
pupils thereof. 

1130. Whenever a tax has been voted by the district, the 
secretary shall obtain a transcript of the last assessment roll 
of the county, and shall add thereto any taxable property 
therein omitted having himself assessed the value thereof, 
and shall post up a list of the names of the persons taxed at 
three or more places in the district, with the amount due from 
each set opposite their respective names so far as their names 
may be known, at least thirty days previous to his proceeding 
to collect the tax. 



DISTRICT OFFICERS. 27 

llol. Durino; the said thirty days should any person file TITLE I4th 

~ . ^ . , , CHAPTER L\X 

a complaint of being taxed beyond his due portion with the v ^, ' 

secretary, he shall call a meeting of the district board, who ^'^^' 
shall correct said assessment if the}' deem it erroneous. 

1132. At the expiration of the said thirty days the pres- Warrant 
ident of the board shall issue his warrant to the secretary who 

shall proceed to collect the tax and pay it over on the order of 
the president to the treasurer. 

1133. Should any one when called on neglect or refuse to ^^^*^- 
pay such tax, the secretary shall proceed to collect the same 

by distress and sale, of goods and chattels found within the 
district, having first posted up at least ten days previous no- 
tice of such sale in three of the most public places in the 
district,. 

1134. When the owner of lands fails to pay the tax there- Delinquent 

TIT 1 tax en land. 

on, such lailure shall be reported bj the secretary to the 
county collector of taxes in time for the same steps to taken 
by such collector as are prescribed for the sale of lands for 
delinquent county taxes for the same year ; the lands shall be 
sold in like manner and Avith the same consequences as though 
sold for delinquent county taxes. And if for any cause they 
are not thus sold at the proper time, they may be sold the 
following or any subsequent year in the same manner and with 
the same consequences as above contemplated. 

1135. The amount of tax collected bv the countv collec- County col 

* ^ lector. 

tor in accordance with the provisions of the foregoing section 
shall be held by him subject to the order of the president of 
the proper district, and shall be paid over accordingly. 

1136. On the first day of October of each year, he shall Secretary s 
make out and file in the office of the school fund commissioner '^'^^'^'^ " 

a report of the afi"airs of the district containing : 

Fb'st — The number of white persons between the age of 
five and twenty-one years ; 

/Second — The number of schools and the branches taught in 
each ; 

Third — -The number of pupils taught in each school ; 



28' 



DISTRICT, OFJTJCEilS. 



TITLE 14th. 

en AFTER i.xx. 



yailure to 
taake. 



Treasurer. 



The two 



Foti?'th— The number of teachers employed in each school, 
'and the average compensation of each per month; 

Fifth — The number of. days each school has been taught^., 
and by whom ; 

Sivth — The average: cost of tuition for a pupil per month in 
each school ; 

Severith — The books used in each school : 

Eighth — The number of volumes in the library of each . 
school ; 

Ninth — The aggregate amount paid teachers during the 
year, the source from Avhicli the same was received, and the 
amount of the teachers' fund in the hand of the treasurer ; 

Tenth — The number of district school houses, and the cost 
of each ; 

Eleventh— The amount raised in the district by tax for 
the erection of school houses and for- all other purposes 
authorized in this act, and such other information as he may 
deem useful. 

1137. Should the secretary fail to file his report as above 
directed he shall forfeit the sum of ten dollarg, and shall be 
liable to make good all loss resulting to the district from such 
failure.. Suit is to be brought in both cases by the president 
in the name of the district on his official bond. 

1138. The treasurer shall have the custody of all moneys 
belonging to the district and shall' pay out the same upon the 
order of the president, and shall keep an account of the re- 
ceipts and expenditures thereof, in, a book provided for the 
purpose. 

1139. The moneys for the payment of teachers shall be 
called the " teachers' fund," and those for school houses and . 
district expenses, the " school house fund ;" and the treasurer 
shall, keep the same distinct and keep separate account.^ with 
them, and no warrant for money shall be paid by the treasurer- 
which does not specify the fund on which it is drawn and the 
specific use to which it is to be applied; the school house fund 
ghall consist only of taxes collected in the district, and all 



DISTRICT OFFICKRS. 25) 



Other selioul moneys Lolonging to the district shall go tothe'^'TLE I4tli 

teachers' fund, and shall be a^pplied to no other use except to . ~^^- ^ 

pay the wages of school teachers in the district. 

1140. The treasurer shall apply for and receive all money Receive mo- 
apportioned to the district by the school fund commissioner, '^'^y* 
when notified of said apportionment. 

1141. lie sh-all render ,a statement of the finances of the ytatemem. 
district «s sho^vn by the records of his office, at any time 

when required by the district board. 

1142. The district board -shall make all contracts, pur- Ko^«' make 

, ,11 , , contracts, Sir. 

cUases, payments, and sales, necessary to carry out any vote 
of the district for procuring any site for a school house, rent- 
ing, repairing, or furnishing the same, or disposing thereof, or 
for keeping a school therein, and perform such other duties as 
may be delegated to them by the district meeting. 

1143. They may, with the concurrence of the board of Admit pupils 
directors of an oxijoining district or districts, admit pupils ^™'"'^''^"-'' ^'* 
from either of said districts to a school within their OAvn dis- 
trict, but said pupils shall be enumerated- in their respective 
districts, and the portion of the school mone_y to which they 

may be entitled by said enumeration shall be ?ipplied to the 
fiiipport of said school. The parents or guardians of said pu- 
jiils shall pay such portion of the contingent expenses and of 
the amount to be contributed by voluntary subscription for the 
support of said school, .as the respective boards may deem 
equitable. 

1144. The district board shall require the secretary andl3ond.s of offi 
treasurer each to give bond to the district in such penalty ^'^''^' 

and with such sureties, as in.thoir opinion 'will secure the 
district against any loss, conditioned for the faithful applica- 
tion of all moneys that may come into their hands by virtue 
of their respective offices. Said penalty may be increased from 
time to time as the interest of the district may require. The 
bond shall be filed with the president of the board, and in 

• .case of a breach of the condition thereof, he shall bring suit 

• thereon in the name of the district. 

1145. In each organized district they shall act as judges of judges of 

nil district elections. ciecUons. /' 



f 30 DISTRICT OFFICERS, 

TITLE 14th 1146. Thej sliall from time to time examine the books and 

V ^ 11/ accounts of the treasurer and make settlement with him, and 

Examine trea- g^jj^ll a^^ ga^g]^ reofular meetino; of the district present to the 

«urer s ac- " ° . -^ . 

counts. same a full statement of the receipts and expenditures of the 

district, and such other matters as may he deemed impor- 
tant. 

To visit 1147. They shall appoint a committee from their own 

schoo s. hody to visit the respective schools of the district monthly, 

and to aid the teachers in establishing and enforcing rules 
for the government of schools, and to see that the teacheJis keep 
a correct list of the pupils, the time during which they attend 
school, the branches of learning which each pupil is studying, 
and such other matters as may in the opinion of the board tend 
to. promote the welfare of the school. 

Examination 1148. Before employing any person to act as teacher, the 
board of directors shall examine or cause to be examined all 
such applicants in the following branches of an English edu- 
cation, to wit : spelling, reading, writing, arithmetic, geogra- 
phy, history of the United States, and English grammar ; and 
if the applicant is found qualified, the board may employ him. 

Audit claims. 1149, They shall audit and allow all just claims against 
the district, and the president shall draw an order for all 
demands thus audited on the district treasurer. 

1150-. They shall, upon the written request of five legal 

. , voters of the district, or whenever they deem it expedient, 

•fepecial meet- . . ' . "^ ^ . 

iijgs. call special meetings thereof ; but in all such cases, the notice 

for such meeting shall clearly state the precise object for 
which at is called, and the time and place at which it is to be 
held. 
Tacaneies. 1151. Should a vacancy occur in the board, they may fill 

the same by appointment, unless it is deemed expedient to call 
. a special meeting of the district for the purpose. 

Approved, Jascary 15, 1849'. 



MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS. 31 



TITLE 1-lU. 

CHAP. I.XXI. 



CHAPTER 71. 



MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS, 



1152. The county judge of each county shall at the time Couuiy ux. 
♦>f levying the tax for county purposes levy a tax for the sup- 
port of schools within the county, of not less than one half 

mill nor more than one mill and a half on the dollar, on the 
assessed value of all real and personal property within the 
county, which shall be collected by the county collector at 
the same time and in the same manner as state and county 
taxes are collected, except that it shall he receivable only in 
cash. 

1153. The collector shall on the tenth day of Februarv of ^o^^*-"^^'^" °*' 

^ . , . same. 

each year pay over the amount of said tax which shall have 

been collected, to the school fund commissioner, and shall ren- 
der him a statement of the amount uncollected ; the amount 
unpaid shall be collected at any subsequent time as delinquent 
county taxes are collected, and shall be paid over when col- 
lected to the school fund commissioner aforesaid. 

1154. The collector .shall be allowed one per cent, by the Allowance. 
fund commissioner for collecting said tax. and should he fail 

at any time to pay over the same as herein provided he shall 
forfeit the sum of fifty -dollars and double damages, to be col- 
lected on his official bond. 

1155. In all cases where the alteration of school districts Disputes 
as provided in this act. gives rise to controversy respecting about dis- 
the adjustment of the rights and liabilities of the district or 
districts affected, upon which they cannot amicably agree, 

the matter shall be settled by arbitrators, appointed by the 
school fund commissioner, as justice and equity may require. 
All awards made under this act shall be returned to the said 
fund commissioner, who shall, at the request of either party 
who may wish to except thereto, file the same in the district 



;^2 MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS. 



TiTliE 14th. court, to be dealt with as other awards undi?r the statute on 

CHAP. I.XXI. , I ■ i. 

, /that subject. 

Suits. 1156. In all cases where suits may be instituted by or 

■sagainst any of the school officers contemplated or created by 
this act, to enforce any of the provisions herein contained, 
- counsel may be employed, if necessar}'', by the officer institu- 
ting the suit, and the expense of suit shall be borne by the 
district, count}^, or state, in whose name or against whom the 
same may be instituted. 

.Forfeitures. 1157. All .fDrfeiturcs provided for in this act shall, whe'i;; 
they acci'ue, belong to the respective districts or counties, in 
which the same may be incurred, and the district treasurers 
for their districts, and the school fund commissioners of their 
counties are hereby authorized to receive and apply the pro- 
ceeds of such forfeitures as the interest of the permanent fund 
is now or may hereafter be applied. 

Fines appro- 1158. The clear proceeds of all fines collected within the 

priated. several counties of this state for breaches of the penal laAYS, 

' and all fines paid for exemption from, or as aii equivalent for, 
military duty, and all funds arising from the sale of water 
crafts, lost goods, and estrays shall be paid over i?! cash by 
the persons collecting the same, within -tv^yenty days after 
collection, to the school fund commission'^r of the county in 
whioli the same have accrued and shall be by him apportioned 
to school districts as provided in this act. 

Fonda sepa- HqQ. All funds arisino; from a breach of the penal laws, 
and paid f3r exemption from, or as an equivalent for, military 
duty, shall be kept and apportioned separate and apart from 
all other school funds. 

Colored per- 1160. AH real and personal property of blacks and raulat- 

sons . f ' n ^ -i 

tos in this state shall be exempt from taxation for school puv^ 
poses. 
5ookr*^&c" 1161. Each and every officer created by the provisions of 

this act, who shall receive^by virtue of his office any books or 
papers and shall refuse to deliver the same to his successor 
in office, or shall wilfully mutilate or destroy th« same or any 
part: thereof, shall be liable to- a fine of iiot'les3:than fifty nor 



MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS. 33 



more than one hundred doUars, to be recovered with damages TITLE i lih 

CHAP. I.XXI. 

on their respective official bonds. « ^ 

Approved, Jancauy 15, 1349. 

1162. In each newly organized county, where a school fund ^Luid commis- 

'' ° • 1 rf sioner elected. 

commissioner has not been elected, said officer shall be elected 
at the township election in April, 1851, and shall hold his 
office till his successor is elected and qualified at the regular 
election provided for in chapter sixty-eighth bj the act of 
January 15th, 1849. 

1163. In every county that may hereafter be oi-ganized a New counties 
school fund commissioner shall be elected at the time of elect- Tem^^ 

ing other county officers, and shall hold his office till the regu- 
lar election for said officer then next ensuing and until his 
successor is elected and qualified. 

1164. When any school officer is superseded b}^ election or Books,pai)ers, 
otherwise, he shall immediately deliver to his successor all 

books, papers, and moneys, pertaining to his office, taking a 
receipt therefor, which shall specify the particular class of 
books, papers, and moneys, thus transferred. 

1165. The fund commissioner is authorized to unite tvfo Unite diy- 
or more districts under one corporate name, Avitli the consent *'"^'^*^- 

of tjie districts concerned. 

1163. Tne consent of each district thus united must be Consent by 
given by a vote taken at a meoting convened for that pur- ^'°''^'' 
pose, of which due notice must be given. 

11G7. The nevv district thus formed becomes responsible JPo^^'.'-'i"''^ ofneu- 
for the liabilities, and shall assunle the control of the property ''^^''^'°"' 
and assets of the disti-icts of which it is constituted. 

116S. Should any emergency arise by w^hich a district ^'^^^"°^'?*- 
may be loft witlrjut officers the fund commissioner shall 
appoint a president secretary, and treasurer for said district, 
who shall continue in office till tlie next regular district elec- 
tion thereafter. 

1169. A failure of any district officer to qualif}- within the Failure, 
time specified by law creates a vacancy. Vacancy. 

1170. No person shall be released from the payment of a Effect of 
district tax by virtue of the alteration of the boundaries of'^^'^""'''" 

3 



MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS. 



Same. 



Defaulter. 
.Punishment 



TLTLE 14U, school districts authorized in the act to which this is suBple- 

CHAP. LXXl. . ^ ^ 

y , ' mental, where such alteration was made after the tax was 

voted, except by a vote of the district from which he is de- 
tached. 

1171. Whenever the boundaries of a school district are 
changed, the fund commissioner shall immediately notify the 
respective secretaries of the districts aifected, of the fact in 
writing. 

1172. Any officer charged with the sale of school lands 
or management of school moneys, who wilfully ieeps false 
books, or who uses the public money which comes into hi.? 
hands in such a way as to fail in paying the same over t<> 
the proper person when legally required, is guilty of felony, 
and shall upon conviction be punished by imprisonment at 
hard labor in the penitentiary for a term not exceeding ten 
years. 

1173. When a tax has been voted in any school district, 
no lands entered prior to the said vote shall be exempt from 
the tax thus voted. 

1174. The fund commissioners from and after the first day 
of April, 1851, shall receive such annual compensation for 
their services and contingent expenses for books, postage, 
and stationery as may be allowed by the clerk of the district 
court, sheriff, and prosecuting attorney, and approved by the 
superintendent of public instruction, to be paid out of the 
school fund. 

1175. Such allowances shall be made inv^riting by the 
first day of October of each year, and shall be transmitted hj 
the fund commissioner with his annual report to the superin- 
tendent. 

1176. Said compensation shall be in full for services ren- 
dered for the year commencing April first, and ending March 
thirty-first. 

1177. No property shall be subject to taxation for district 
purposes more than once in any one year. 

To take effect. 1178. This act shall take effect and be in force from and 
after its publication in the Iowa Capital Reporter and Iowa 



Lands enter 
ed, taxed. 



Fay of com'rs 
From school 
fund. 



Allowance. 



Fiscal year. 



Limitation of 
taxinof. 



NORMAL SCHOOLS. 



Republican ; provided, that nothing herein contained in refer- TITLE I'lih. 

cnce to school districts shall become binding till the first day > 1.^ . 

of April, 1851. 

Aptroved, FEBni.'ARY 5, 1851. 



CHAPTER 72. 
Normal Schools. 

1179. The state is divided into three districts, in each of xhrtc cm- 
which there shall be established a Normal school for the edu- tncts. 
cation of common school teachers and others. Each school 

shall educate eight teachers free of charge of tuition, who 
shall teach, for the term of three years, common schools with- 
in the . state. Said schools shall be established at Andrew, 
Oskaloosa and Moimt Pleasant. Religious sectarianism shall 
under no circumstances be incorporated into the system of in- 
struction contemplated in this act. The superintendent of 
public instruction shall proceed, as soon after the passage of 
this act as practicable, to divide the state into three districts. 

1180. Each normal school shall be governed by a board of Trustees, 
seven trustees, to be appointed by the board of trustees of the 
university, two of whom shall hold their office two years, two 

for three years, one for four yea,rs, one for iive years, and one 
for six years, and until their successors are appointed and 
qualified : their respective terms of service to be determined 
by lot at the first regular meeting of the board after their or- 
•janization. 

1181. The board of trustees shall meet on the first Wed- Officers ?.nd 
nesday of April next, and appoint a president, vice president, "•'^"''^' 
and secretary who shall also be librarian and treasurer, and 
prepare a code of by-laws for the government of their body, 

and rules and regulations for the government of the school. 

1182. The sum of five hundred dollars is hereby ^^ppro^ ^^ jj,_ 
priated annually to each school, to be drawn quarterly out of t«on. 

3* 



86 NORMAL SCHOOLS. 



TITLE 14th i\q university fund by the several treasurers, to be expended 

(.HAP. LXXIII. . f 1 1 I'll 

. , .m payment oi teachers wages, purchasing books, maps, 

charts, globes, chemical and pliilosoj)hical apparatus, and ma- 
thematical instruments : Provided always. That the friends of 
education shall furnish funds to the amormt of not less than 
five hundred dollars to erect such buildings for the use of 
said normal schools as the board of trustees may deem neces- 
sary. 

Report. 1183. The board of trustees shall annually, or oftener, if 

required, report to the superintendent of public instruction the 
condition of their school, progress of improvement of pupils, 
and state of the finances, in such a manner as prescribed by 
the aforesaid officers. 

Annual meet- 1184. The annual meeting of the board shall be on the 

" " first Y7ednesday of October in each year, at which time they 

shall report the names of pupils qualified to teach common 
schools. 

Approvkd, January 15, 1S49. 

1185. That the boards of trustees of the normal schools 
not 3^et organiz-ed, shall be appointed by the superintendent 
of public instruction, and shall meet on the first Monday of 
April next, or as soon thereafter as practicable and perform 
the duties required by the third seciion of the above act of 
January 15, 1849.* 

Approved, February 5, 1851. 



CHAPTER 73. 

The Dco'f, Du?nb, and Blind. 

1186. Upon satisfactory evidence being adduced to the 
county court ■of any county in the state that there is a deaf. 



■■ Tiie preceding- eight chapters, rcla,*ing to the subject of education, are 
a, c'lmtillation of the existhig- acts upon th;it ifulnect, made by the superinten- 
dent of public instruction, bj' viri.vie of a resoluLion of tlie general assembly, 
approved February 5, ISui, which re'juiscs them to be printed in tiie code. 



DEAF, DUMB, AND BLIND. 37 

dumb, or blind person between the ages of ten and tliirty 
3^ears residing in such county, it shall be the duty of the court 
to cause the clerk to certify that fact, together "with the name 
and age of the unfortunate and the names of his parents or 
guardian to the superintendent of puplic instruction. 

■ 1187. The superintendent is authorized, upon the receipt 
of such certificate and the application of the unfortunate or his 
parent or guardian, to certify the matter to the auditor of 
state -who shall dvim his war.Tant upon the treasurer of state 
for the sum of one hundred dollars each year in favor of such 
person, his parent, or guardian, to be applied to the education 
of the unfortunate person. 

1188. No such beneficiary will be entitled to draw more 
than one hundred dollars in one year ; nor shall a second draft 
be made until a receipt be presented from the principal of 
some deaf and dumb, or blind, asylum, showing that the money 
previously drawn has been appropriated according to the in- 
tention of this chapter. 

1189. The superintendent shall report to the general 
assembly at each regular session the number of such unfortu- 
nate persons in whose favor money has been so drawn, with 
their names and residences and the amount drawn for each. 



FORMS. 



NUMBER I. 

Form to he used hy the Township Trustees in the ollotThent 
and valuation of sectioti sixteen. — {See sec. 1044.) 



Lot No. 1, 

11.50. 


Lot No. 2, 
13.00. 


Lot No. 3, 
Pre-emp 


Lot No. 4, 
tioB. 




Lot No. 5. 


Lot No. 6, 

$2,75. 


, Lot No. 8, 

$4,25. 


Lot No. 10. 

16,50. 


Lot 
No. 14, 

$6,00. 


Lot 
No. 15, 

$4,50. 


Lot No. 11, 

$5,50. 


Lot No. 7, 
1-3,50. 


Lot No. 9, 

13,75. 


Lot 
No. 12. 

$4,00. 


Lot 
No. 13. 

$4,50. 


Lot No. 16, 
$8,00. 


Lot No. 17, 
$10,00. 



April 14, 1851. 

We, the undersigned, Trustees of Township, in: the 

county of- Iowa, hereby certify that we have this day ex- 
amined section 16, (or 17 in lieu of 16, as the case may be) T. 
79 N., R. 6 W., and have allotted and valued the same per 
acre as marked and numbered on the above plat, as required 
by law. 

A B , 1 

C- D— - — , > Trustees. 

E F- , ) 

To ; School Fund Commissioner. 

NOTE. — The Fund Commissioner should copy the above plat and certifi- 
cate into a book provided for the purpose. 



FORMS. <)9 



NUMBER II. 

Fonn of Notice hy Settler to School Fund Commissioner. 
[Sec. 1045 and 1104.) 

A. B. of the county of and State of says, that on 

or about the day of — ■- — 18 — he (or her, as the case 

may be) settled upon and improved the N. E. 1-4 of sec. 16, T. 
79, N., R. .6 W., and that said settlement and improvements 
Tvere made prior to the government survey of said land. 

A. B. 
Sworn to and subscribed before 

me, this day of 18 — , 

CD. 
School Fund Commissioner 
of County. 



NUMBER III. 

Form, for appraisment of pre-emptions on section sixteen. 
[See sec. 1045.) 

April 21st, 1851. 
We, the undersigned, appraisers, chosen under section 1045, 
Chapter 66 of the School Law, hereby certify that we have 
examined the N. E. i of section 16 (or some other section 
granted in lieu of 16, as the case may be,) T..79 N., R. 6 W., 
and have fixed the following prices per acre to each parcel as 

designated by the plat of Trustees of township, in the 

county of Iowa, made on the 14th day of April, 1851, to 

wit : Lot No. 3, |2,25 ; No. 4, $1,25 ; No. 5, |5,00 ; and that 
we have valued the improvements made thereon at $1,200,00. 

A B , 

c r> — ^, 

E E , 

Appraisers. 
To School Fund Commissioner. 



40 FORMS. 



, NUMBER IV. 

Form of Order for Neio Allotmeyit and Assessment. {See 
sec. 1046.) 

Office of School Fund Commissioner ) 

■ • county, 18 — ) 

You are hereby required to make a new allotment and as- 
sessment (or either as the case may he) of S. i of sec. 16, T. 
79 N., R. 6 W., the same having been allotted and assessed on 
the 14th day of April, 1851. 

A. B. 
School Fund Commissioner 

of county. 

To C. D., E. F., and G. H. 

Trustees of Township. 



NUMBER V. 

Form of Notice for Sale of IQik section. {See sec. 1048. 

Office of School Fund Commissioner, / 
county, 1851. ^ 

Notice is hereby given, that I will offer for sale, to the highest 

bidder, at on the day of 18-—, lots No. 6, 7, 

8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 167 of sec. 16, T. 79 N., R. 
6 W. Terms of sale, one fourth in cash, and the remainder on 
a credit not exceeding ten years. 

A. B. 

School Fund Commissioner 
. ' of county. 



FORMS. 41 



NUMBER VI. 

Form of contract, for sale of 1 Qth section of school lands. 
{See sec. 1048, 1050-51-52.) 

School Fund Commissioner's Office, ) 
county, - - - 18 - - \ 

Contract made and entered into between A. B. as School 

Fund Commissioner for the county of Iowa, and CD., 

of the county of - - - , and state of - - , to wit : 

The said A. B., School Fund Commissioner, as authorized 
by law, has bargained and sold, and by these presents does bar- 
gain and sell to the said C. D., - - - heirs and assigns, the fol- 
lowing described tract or parcel of land, being a portion of sec- 
tion numbered sixteen, (or lands in lieu thereof,) granted to the 
State for the use of schools b/ an act of Congress entitled — 
"An act supplimental to the act for the admission of the States 
of Iowa and Florida into the Union," approved March 3d, 1845, 
to wit : (here describe the laud.) 

The price agreed upon is per acre, amounting to the 

sum of , the one-fourth part of which, to wit : has 

been paid in cash to the said School Fund Com.missioner, and 

the balance, to wit: secured by a promissory note, bearing 

even date herewith, and payable on or before ten years from 
date, bearing interest at the rat(3 of ten per centuni per annum, 
payable annually on the first day of January, at the of[ice_ of 
tlie said School Fund Commissioner, in 

Now, if the said C. D., heirs, executors or administra- 
tors, shall pay or cause to be paid the interest on said note as 
the same falls due, together with the principal within the time 
specified, then - - will be entitled to receive from the Governor 
of Iowa, a patent for the land herein described. In case of 
failure to make any of the payments aforesaid punctually, as 
stipulated, all previous payments shall be considered forfeited 
and the land subject to be sold by the School Fund Commis- 
sioner, or the payment of the money enforced according to law, 
at the option of said Commissioner. 

In testimony whereof, the parties have hereunto set their 
hands and seals the day and year first above Avritten. 

A B , [Seal] 

School Fund Commissioner of County. 

C - - - D - - - , [Seal,] 

In presence of 
E - - - F - - - , 
a - - - H - - - 



4:2 FORMS, 

Tlie original of the above is recorded in book - - page - - and 
is on file in my office. 

A B 

[Duplicate.] School Fund Commissioner. 



NOTE. — Additional security required, (see sec. 1054.) Waste, (see sec. 
1053 and 1055.) Reservations, (see sec. 1071.) Pre-emptions, (see sec. 
1045, 1060, 1061 and 1074.) 



NUMBER VII. 

Form of Certificate of Purchase. {See sec. 1049.) 

School Fund Commissioner's Office, ) 

- - - county 18 - - \ 

This is to certify, That C. D., purchased of A. B., School 

Fund Commissioner for the county of on the - - day of 

18 - as authorized by law, the following described tract or 

parcel of land, to wit : (here describe the land) containing 

acres, at per acre, amounting to the sum of which sum, 

with the interest accruing thereon, having been paid to me in full 

|)y ^ (original purchaser, assignee or heirs, as the 

case may be,) as required by law, entitles (him, them or her, 
as the case may be,) to receive from the Governor of Iowa, a pa- 
tent for the land herein described, upon the presentation hereof. 
Griven under my hand, the day and year first above written. 

A. B., 
School Fund Commissioner of - - county. 
Recorded in my office, book - - page - - 

A. B. 

School Fund Commissioner 



NOTE. — The Fund Commissioner will specify the grant for which the 
certificate is given — whether 16tli section or lands in lieu thereof; or 500,000 
acres. In future issue but one certificate. When the certificate is given to 
an assignee, insert the name of the original purchaser alone in the commence- 
ment, and in the conclusion, set forth that full payment has been made by 
A. B, assignee of C. D., whicli entitles him (the assignee) to a patent. If 
the purchaser or assignee dies before the certificate is given, insert the words 
"heirs of A. B.," original purchaser or assignee, as the case may be. Certij- 
icates are not assignable. 



FORMS. 4iJ 



NUMBER VIII. 
Form of AssigiiTnejit [See sec. 1050.) 

For value received, I hereby assign xmto C. D. all my right 
title, and. interest in and to the land described in the within 
contract. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 
day of 18 - - . 

A. B. 

(Purchaser or assignee of A. B.. 
as the case may be.) 

Note. — Cojitracts may be transferred as often as desired 
by assignment, but certificates of purchase caxinothe assigned. 
Assignments should be endorsed on both the original and 
duplicate. 



NUMBER IX. 

Form of Contract for sale of 500,000 acre grant. 
{See sec. 1048 and 1070. 

School Fund Commissioner's Office, I 
County, 18 - - . ) 

Contract made and entered into between A. B., as School 

Fund Commissioner for the county Iowa, and C. D. of 

the county of and state of , to wit: the said A. B., 

School Fund Commissioner, as authorized by law, has bar- 
gained and sold, and does by these presents, bargain and sell to 

the said C. D., heirs and assigns, the following described 

lands, being a part of the five hundred thousand acres of 
land mentioned in the second section of the tenth article of the 
Constitution of Iowa, to wit: (here describe the land.) 

The price agreed upon is per acre, amounting to the 

sum of dollars, and cents ; the one-fourth part of 

which, to wit : dollars and cents, has been paid in 

cash to the School Fund Commissioner,, and the balance, to 

wit : dollars and - - - cents, secured by a promissory 

note bearing even date herewith, payable within ten years 



44 FORMS. 

from date, and beaming interest at tlie rate of ten per centum 
per annum, payable annually on tlie first day of January, at 
the office of the said School Fund Commissioner in 

Now, if the said C. D.,- - - heirs, executors, or administra- 
tors shall pay, or cause to be paid, the interest on said note as 
the same falls due, together with the principal, within the time 
specified, then - - will be entitled to receive from the Grover- 
nor of Iowa a patent for the land herein described. In case 
of failure to make any of the payments aforesaid punctually, 
as stipulated, all previous payments shall be considered for- 
feited, and the land subject to be sold by the School Fund 
Commissioner, or the payment of the money enforced accord- 
ing to law, at the option of said Commissioner. 

In testimony whereof, the parties have hereunto set their 
hands and seals, the day and year first above written. 

In presence of A. B. [l.s.] 

- - - - School Fund Commissioner of - - county. 

- - - - _ G. D. _ [l.s.] 

The original of the above is recorded in book - - page 

- - , and is on file in my office. 

A. B., 
[Duplicate.] School Fund Commissioner. 



NOTE. — Same regulations as to waste and collateral security on "tim- 
bered lands," as in caseof 16tli section. 



NUMBER X. 

Foj'ni of a Note for Sale of Lands. 

$ - - - Office of School Fund Commissioner, 

- - County, - - 18 - - 
On or before ten years from the date hereof. I promise to 
pay to A. B., School Fund Commissioner in and for the county 
of - - , Iowa, or to his successors in office, the sum of - - 
for value received, Avith interest at the rate of ten per cent, 
per annum, payable annually, on the first day of January, at 
the office .of the said Commissioner, in - - ; the first pay- 
ment of interest to be made on the first day of January follow- 
ins; the date hereof. C. D. 



NOTE- — Where more than one person joins in the purchase, and also 
when additional security is given, insert the words, " we or either of us," 
instead of" 1." 



FORMS. 



45 



NUMBER XI. 

Form of bond and oath of office of School Fund 
Commissioner {See sec. 1090.) 

KnoAY all men by tliese presents that we A. B., C. D.. E. 
F.,and G. H., of tlie county of - - and state of Iowa, are 
held and firmly bound unto the State of Iowa, in the 
penal sum of ten thousand dollars, for the payment of which 
well and truly to be made and done, we bind ourselves, our 
heirs, executors, and administrators, jointly and severally, 
firmlv bv these presents. Sealed with our seals and dated 
this " - "^ - day of - - A.D. 18 - - 

The condition of the above obligation is such, that whereas 
the above bound A. B., was on the - - - day of - - - , A. 
D. 18 - , elected School Fund Commissioner (or ajjpointed 
as the case may be) in and for the county of - - in said 
State of Iowa. Now, should the said A. B., as School Fund 
Commissioner, as- aforesaid, discharge the duties of his office 
as required by law, and make a faithful application of all 
school moneys that shall come into his hands, then the above 
obligation to be void, otherwise to be and remain in full force 
and virtue in law. 

A B , [seal.] 

C D , [seal.] 

E F , [seal.] 

G- H , [seal.] 

Qath of Office. 
I. A. B,, School Fund Commissioner in and for the county 

of , in the State of Iowa, do solemu jy svrear that I will 

faithfully discharge the duties of said office, as req^uired br 
law. _ A. B.- " 
Sp-orn to and subscribed before me, C. D., (clerk, or jus- 
tice as tlic case m.uy be) this dav of ■ A.D. 18 — 

C^ D , 

Justice of the Peace. 



NOTE. — The officer by whom an official bond ia approved may require 
additional security. (See sec. 418 of tlie code.) TJie County Judge may 
also require additional security of the Fund Commissioner. (See sec. 1058.) 
Securities to official bonds must be freeholders, except in tliose counties 
where lands ef the United States have not been sold. (See sec. 'd29 of the 
Code.) The oath should be endorsed on the back of the bond. (See sec. 
331 of code.) 



46 FORMS- 



NUMBER XII. 

Form for appointment of a School Fund Comniisioner . — 

(-*S'ee sec. 1091.) 

We, the undersigned, as autliorized by law, hereby appoint 
A. B. School Fund Commissioner, in and for the county of — 
Iowa, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the (resignation, ffiil- 
ure to qualify, death or removal) of C. D. 
Witness our hands, this - - day of - - 18 - - 

E. F. CrkDist. Court. 

G. H. Prosecuting Attorney. 

I. J. Sheriff. 



NUMBER XIII. 

Form of Certificate of Election and Qualification of School 
Fund Commissioner. 

I. A. B. Clerk of the District Court, hereby certify, that on 
the - - day of - - 18 - - , C. D. was (elected or appointed) School 
Fund Commissioner in and for the county of - - , Iowa, and that 
he has this day filed his official bond and oath in my office, as 
required by law. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set 
[l. s.] my hand and .affixed the seal of the Dis- 

trict Court, this - - day of - - , 18- - . 
A. B. 
Clerk of District Court. 



NOTE. — The first duty performed by a Fund Commissioner after filing 
his bond, should be to procure this certificate, and forward it to the Supersn- 
tendeat of Public instruction. 



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NUMBER XVI. 

For/n of notice from the School Fund Commissioner to the 
President of a school district. {See sec, 1099.) 

Office of School Fund Commissioner, ^ 
- - ■■ County, March 1st, 18 - , ^ 

To tlie President of school district No. - - of - - Township : 

Sir — You are hereby notified, that, according to the ap- 
portionment of the school money made by the undersigned 

this day, the sum of dollars is due school district No, 

of ToAvnship, from this ofiice. 

A B , 

School Fund Commissioner of ■- - - county. 



NOTE. — This notice should be forwarded with all possible dispatch. In 
makin;f the apportionment, divide the aggregate amount of funds to be ap- 
portioned by the aggregate number of cliildren reported iii the county, anc|l 
niukiply the quotient ('he amount obtained by the division) by tlie number 
of children reported from any one district, ai>d you have the amount da« 
said district. 



NUMBER XVII. 

Form of Mort^as^e for loaning' Sahool Money, \See sec. 
' 1100, 1101, 1102, and 1108.) 
This Indenture, made this - - day of ^ - - A.D. 18 - , be- 
tween A. B. and C, his wife, of the County of - - and State of 

of the first part, and E. F., School Fuad Commissioner 

for the County of - - in the State of Iowa., of the second part, 
Witnesseth, That the said party of the first part, for and in 
coiisideration of the sum of to - - in hand paid, tiic re- 
ceipt '\vhereof is hereby acknowledged, ha - - granted, bar- 
gained, sold, and conveyed, and, ^^3- these presents, do - - 
grant, bargain, sell, and conve}', \mto the said party of tlie 
second part, and to his sitccessors-- in oflice, the folio^vin;:?; de- 
scribed tractor ])arcel of land, situated in the county and State 
aforesaid, to wit: (here describe the h^nd. ) 

To Haye and to lioM the laud aforesaid, together with all 

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50 FORMS. 

and singular the improvements, privileges, find appurtenances 
tliercunto belonging, or in any wise, a])pertaining, to him, the 
said party of the second part, and to his successors in office, 
forever : subject, nevertheless, to the following express reser- 
vations and conditions, to v,"it : 

Whereas, the said party of the first part ha- - borrovred of 
the said party of the second part the aboAe sum of pay- 
able in from the date hereof, with interest thereon at 

the rate of ten per centum per annran, payable on the first 
day of January next, and annually thereafter, until paid ; for 
which said sum, ^vith interest as aforesaid, the said A. B. 

La - - given obligation l;earing even date herewith : Now, 

if the said party of tlie fa'st part shall well and truly pay to 
the said E. F., Ediool "J'^iind Commissioner as aforesaid, or to 
his successors in olFice, the said sum of mone}^ with the inter- 
est accrued thereon as aforesaid, then this conveyance shall 
lie utterly null and void ; but if default shall be n;ade in the 
jaiymcnts of said suuis of money, principal or interest, or 
ciihcr of them, tlie part}^ of the second part may proceed by 
i"oroelosui-e, or in any other lawful irtode, to mahe the amount 
due, together with costs, including eoliection fee, out of the 
foresaid real estate. 

In testimony whereof, the said A. B. and the said C, his 
wife, hereby relinquishing her dovrer in tlie real estate herein 
mentioned, subject to the above reservations and conditions, 
have hereunto set their hands and seals, the date first above 
written. 

Executed in presence of 

a. 11. A. B. [l.s.I 

I. J. C. [l.s.J 



State of Iov7a, 
Count V, 



5.5. 



Before me, CD., Justice of the Peace in and for the county 
ixiid State aforesaid, personally appeared the above A. B. and 
C, his wife, jiersonally known to me to be the persons whose 
Barnes are subscribed to the aforesaid deed as parties thereto, 
and achnowledsied the siming and sealina: of the above con- 
Tcyancc to be their voluntary act and deed ; and the said C 
being made acquainted with the contents of the above con- 
veyance, achnov/ledged, on an examiination apart from her 
husband, that she executed the same, and relinquished her 
dower in the real estate thei-ein mentioned, freely, and witb^ 
out compulsion, or undue influence of her husband, this - - - 

day of A.D, 18 - - 

C. D., Justice, 



FORMS. 51 



NUMBER- XYIII. 

Form of a nolo, io he used hy the School Fund Comndssion- 
ers in loaning money. — (^S'ee sec. 1101.) 

§ - - - Office of Scliool Fund Commissioner, 

- - County, - - 18 - - 

On or before from date hereof, we or either of us 

promise to pay to , School Fund Commissioner for the 

county of , Iowa, or to his successors in office, the sum of 

, for vahie received, with interest at the rate of ten per 

centum per annum, payable annually, on the first day of Jan- 
uary, at the office of said Commissioner, in ; the first 

payment of interest to be made on the first day of J a,nuary 
lbllo^Ying the date hereof. 

A E , 

C D , 

E F . 



NUMBEH XIX. 

Form of notice to he given hy the School Fund Commission- 
er to a qualified voter of a school district at the time of 
its formation. — {See sec. 1105, 1106 and 1109.) 

School Fund Commissioner's Office, ) 

county 18 - - ^ 

To A B , 

Sir : You are hereby notified that I have formed a school 

district in Township, numbered and bounded as follows : 

No. — , bounded, (here insert the boundary.) The first meet- 
ing of said district will be held at on the , A.D. 18- — 

at — o'clock A. M. and you are hereby instructed to notify 
each qualified elector of said disti'ict, in accordance with sec- 
tion 1110 of the school law, by personal notice as far as conve- 
nient, and by posting a notice at the place of meeting, and al- 
so in three other public places in the district, describing the 
boundaries thereof, of the time and place of said meeting for 
the election of officers and the transaction of such other busi- 
ness as may be necessary. 

C D . 

School Fund Commissioner 
of County. 



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NUMBER XX. 

FoTni of notice of first meeting to he givemipon the forma- 
tion of a 7ieiD school district. — [See sec. 1110.) 

Whereas, the School Fund Commissioner of county, 

Iowa, ha-s formed a school district, to be known as school dis- 
trict No. — of township, bounded, [here insert the boun- 
dary,] and has required me to give notice to the qualified elect- 
ors thereof, of the time and place of holding the first meeting; 
therefore notice is hereby given that a meeting will be held 

in said district at , on the day of , A. D. 18 — , 

at — o'clock A. M., for the election of officers and the tran- 
saction of such other business as may be necessary. 

Pated this day of , 18 — . 

A B . 

NOTE — In all district elections, the name of the elector should be an- 
nounced by one of the judges, and recorded as he deposits his ballot. — (See 
sec. 1111. 



:number XXI. 

For in of an order or draft from the President on the Dis- 
trict Treaswer.-iiSee sec. 1122, 1123, 1121, 1138, 
1139 and 1149. 

No. -- .. * 
To the Treasur.er of scliool district No. - - Township of 

Pay to the order of G - - - II , the sum of dollars, 

out of t]i,e'[here mention the particular fiuul, and the object to 
which the money is to he applied] in your hands, belonging to 
school district No,. - -, of Township. 

Dated ;at -- .-, this - - day of - -. A.D. 18 - - 

A--- B--- 
President of school district No. . . township of . 

Attest, C D , Secretary. 

■^Number of order which should alwnjs be given. 



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53 



NUMBER XXII. 

Form of notice for regular district meeting. \_See sec. 1129.] 

Notice is hereby given to tlie qualified electors of school 
district No. - -:, in - - Township, that the regular meeting of 

said district will he held at - -, on the - - day of , 18 - -.. 

at ... o'clock A.M, for the election of officers [omit the election 
of officers for meeting in October] and the transaction of other 
business. 

Dated at - -, this - - day of -- -,. 18 - -. 

A - - B - -, 
Secretary of school district No^ - -, of - - Township. 



NUMBER XXIII. 

Form of notice for special district meeting s.\^See sec. 1129 
and 1150. 

Notice is hereby given to the qualified electors of school 
district No, - -, township of - -, that a special meeting of said 
district will be held at - -, on the - - day of - -, A. I). 18 - -, 
for [here mention the object or objects of the meeting.] 
Dated at - -, this - - day of - -, A. D. 18 - -. 

A - - B - -. 
Secretary of school district No. - -, of - - township. 



54 FORMS. 



NUMBER XXIY. 

'F-orin of district tax list. \See sec. 1130, 11T3 cmd 1177.] 

The following is a correct list of the names of persons tax- 
ed, with the amount due from each, for [here state explicitly 
the object or objects for which the tax is designed,] in school 
district No. - -, of - - township, in accordance with the vote 
of the electors of said district, taken on the - - day of - - A. 
D. 18 - -. 



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: 7 49 


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Dated at - 


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xY - - 


B - -, 




Secretary of school district No. - -, of - 


- township. 



NOTE. — In the absve list simply ihe names and amount are required, but 
in assessing the tax get a correct transcript of the last assessment roll of the 
county. 



NUMBER. XXY. 

Form of Presidenfs warrant for the collection of district 
tax. — (*S'ee sec. 1132.) 

To the secretary of school district. No. - -, township of - -, 
You are hereby commanded to collect from each of the per- 
sons named in the district tax list, advertised by you on the 
- - day of - -, A. D. 18 - -, the sum set opposite their respec- 
tive names. 

Dated at - -, this - - day of - -, A. D. 18 - -. 

A - - B - -, 
President of school district No. - -, township of - -. 
Attest, C. D. Secretary. 



FOIllMS. 



NUMBS il XXVI. 

Form of orchr for pajimnt of di-itrlct tax. — (*S'i?e vS^ec. 11-32.) 

To tlie Secretary of school district No. - -, township of - -: 

Pay to the order of E. F. treasurer of school district No.--, 
township of - -, the sum of - - dollars, being the amount of 
district tax collected by you to the present date. 
Dated at - -, this - - day of - -, A. D. 18 - -. 

A - - B - -, 
President of schojl district No - -, township of - -. 
Attest, C. D., Secretary. 



NUMBER XXVII. 
Form of notice for sale of goods and chattels. — ^ee sec. 11 33. 

Notice is hereby given that I will, on the - - day of - -, A, 

D. 18 - -, proceed to sell at public outcry, at , 

in school district, No. - -, of the township of - -, in the county, 
of - -, and state of Iowa, to the lughest bidder for cash, the 
following described goods and chattels, to wit: (here name 
the goods and chattels,) seized upon by me, by virtue of a war- 
rant directed to me by the President of said school district, 
No. - -, to satisfy the sum of - - dollars and - - cents, being 
the amount of district school tax levied against A. B., of said 
district, as set fortli in tlie district tax list, advertised by the 
undersigned, on the - - day of - -, 18 - -, 

Dated at - -, this - - day of - -, A. D. 18 - -. 

C- - - D - -. 
Secretary of school district, No. - -, of the townsliip of - -. 



56 FORMS. 



NUMBEE XXVIII. 

Form for list of names of persons between 5 and 21 years. 

[See sec. 1127.) 

Eliza Smith, daugliter of James Smith. 

John Smith, son " *' 

James Burns, " " Joseph E. Burns. 

Julia A. Smither, ward " Geo. W. Johnson. 

Charles Jenkins, orphan without guardian. 

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct list of the 

names of white persons in dist. No. , township of , 

County of , Iowa, between the, ages of five and twenty- 
one years. 

Dated at , this day of 18 — , 

A. B., 

Sec. of Sch'l. dist. No. , township 

of , 

NOTE. — Tliis list is very important to teachers and district officers in 
school. Ucaf, dumb, or blind persons should not he included in it.- — (See 
establishing and executing the necessary' rules for the Government of the 
chapter 73, for their benefit.) 



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NUMBER XXX. 



Fonn of a deed. — {See sec. 1142.) 

Know all men by tliese presents tliat A. B. and 0. his ^vife, 

of the county of- in tUe State of loTva, party of the first, 

part, for and in consideration of the sum of to 

them, paid by school district JTo. , of — ■ — township, 

county and State aforesaid, party of the second part, tlie re- 
ceipt whereof is hereby acknowled;;red, do hereby grant, bar- 
gain, sell and convey to the said party of the second part and 
their assigns forever, the following described parcel of land — 
namely : (here describe the land) together with all the privi- 
leges and appurtenances thereivnto belonging ; to have an<l to 
hold the same unto the said party of the second part and their 
assigns forever ; hereby covenanting that the title so con- 
veyed is clear and unincumbered, and that the said party of 
the first part will forever vrarrant and defend the same against 
all claims whatsoever. 

In testimony whereof, the said A. B. and C. his wife, who 
hereby relinquishes her right of dower in and to the above de- 
scribed premises, have hereunto set their hands and seals this 
day of , A.D. 18— 



A- 



B- 



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J) E 

E . F 



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SEAL.] 



State of Ic 



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Be it remembered, that on this day, to wit : the — day of 
— A.D. 18 — . personall3r appeared before me. the undersigned, 

a justice of the peace in and for said county of , A. B. 

and C, his wife, personally known to me to be the persons 
whose names are subscribed to the foregoing deed of convey- 
ance as parties thereto, and severally acknowledged the sign- 
ing and sealing of the same to be their voluntary act and deed 
for the uses and purposes therein contained. And the said 



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C. being made acquainted -vvitli the contents of ?aid 
deed of conveyance, acknowledged on examination apart 
from her said husband, that she executed the same, and re- 
linquished her dower in the real estate therein mentioned, 
freely, an I without compulsion or undue influence of her said 
hus1)and. 

Given under my hand the day and year last above written. 

G^ li . 

Justice of the Peace, 



NOTE. — Tlio directors should carefully Invpstig?.te the title to property 
before j)urc-hnsiii(r, iuid no school house should be erected until a satisfic- 
tory title is obtained. Tlie property should bo deeded iu the corporate 
name o*'ihe district and not in the name of the directors. 



NUMBER XXXI. 

Form of as:reement between Directors and Teacher. — 
{See sec. 1124, 1142 a7id 1148.) 

It is agreed between A. B., C. D. and E. Y., directors of 
school district, No. - - , of - - township, county of - - , and 
State of Iowa, and G. H., a school teacher, of the county and 
State aforesaid, that the said G. H., is to teach the public 
school of said district for the term of - - - , commencing on 

the - - - day of , A.D. 18 — , for the sum of dollars 

pey ; and that for such services, properly rendered, the 

said A. B., C. D., and E. F., directors as aforesaid, are to pay 
the said G. H., the amount of his wages as ascertained by this 
agreement. 

In witness whereof, the said parties have hereunto set their 
names this - - day of - - A.D. 18 — . 





A ■ 

C - 
1? 


- - B - 

- 1) - 


- , > Director 

- . Teacher. 




G - 


- X 

- II - 


In presence of 
I - - J - -, 
K - - L - - , 









NOTE. — The above form should bo slightly varied when part of the 



6 FORMS. 

money is paid by suhscription, so as to state the proportion thus to be paid. 
File a copy of the agreement. As each board are authorized to examine 
their own teacher, it is not necessary to give him a certificate. 



NUMBER XXXll. 

Fomi of a Lease. — {/See section 1142.) 

Know all men by these presents, that A. B. of the township 
part, for the consideration herein after mentioned, does hereby 
of - - , in the county of - - , and State of Iowa, of the first 
lease unto school district, No. - - , of township - - , 
county and State aforesaid, party of the second part, and 
their assigns, the following parcel of land, (here describe the 
land) with all the privileges and appurtenance thereunto be- 
longing ; to have and to hold the same for and during the 

term of • , from the - - day of - - . A.D. 18 — . And 

tlie said party of the second part, as school directors for the 
district aforesaid, for themselves- and their successors in office, 
do covenant and agree to pay the said party of the first part, 
for the said premises, the annual (pr monthly as the ease may 
be) rent of - - - dollars. 

In testimony whereof, the said parties have hereunto set 



their hands and seals, this - - day of - 


- , A.D. 18-. 


A - - B - - , 


Lessor, [seal.] 


C - - D - 


- , [seal. 




E - - F - 


- , 'SEAL.^ 




a - - H - 


- , [SEAL.^ 




Directors of school district. No, - - of 


- - township. 


In presence of 




I - - J - - , 




K - - L - - . 







NOTE. — Pietain a copy of the lease on file in the Secretary's office. 



FORMS. 61 



NUMBER XXXllI. 

Form of bond for district treasurer and secretary. — 
(*S'ee section 1144.) 

Know all men by these presents, that we A. B., C. D., and 

E. F. of the county of - - in the State of loAva, are held and 
firmly bound unto school district, No. of the town- 
ship of in the county of , and State of Iowa, 

in the penal sum of dollars for the payment of which 

well and truly to be made and done we bind ourselves, our 
heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, 
firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals and dated 

this day of , A.E>. 18— 

The condition of the above obligation is such, that whereas 

the above bound A, B. was on the day of 18 - 

duly (elected or appointed treasurer or secretary, as the case 

may be) in and for school district No. , of the township 

of , in the county of , and State of Iowa. Now 

should the said A.. B., (secretary or treasurer) as aforesaid, 
discharge his duties, as required by law and make a faithful 
application of all moneys that may come into his hands by vir- 
tue of his said office, then the above obligation to be null and 
void, otherwise to be and remain in full force and virtue in law. 

A B , [seal] 

C D ,[sealJ 

E F , [sealJ 



NOTE — The oath required by sec. 1113 should be taken at the time of 
executing this bond, and should be endorsed upon it. The bond tlius executed 
should be filed with the President before the officer enters upon his duties. 
In case an officer holds over beyond the term of his election, lie must re- 
new his bond and oath. 



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PLUMBER XXXIV. 
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NOTE. — This roll may be kept on a single sheet of paper, and should bp 
posted weekly in the ledger or weekly roll, as per Form XXXV. To find 
the average number in daily attendance, let the '■'■number of days present' 
be added up, and divided by the luliole number of days. I do not conceive it 
necessary to keep an account of the branches studied by each pupil. Those 
iaiight in the school will be sufficient The — signifies absent, 1 present, 
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64 FORMS. 



NUMBER XXXVI. 

Form for appoint7nent of Directors. — (>S'ee Sec. 1151.) 

The undersigned, directors in and for school district, No. . ., 
of . . township, do hereby appoint A. B. (President, secretary 
or treasurer as the case may be) of said district, to fill the va- 
cancy created by the (removal, resignation or death, as the 
case may be) of C. D., the late incumbent. 
Dated this . . day of . .. A. D. 18 . . 

E . . F . ., 
Q . . H . ., 
Directors of school district, No. . ., of . . township. 

NOTE — For other cause of vacancy see sec. 1169, and for mode of ap- 
pointment when aZZthe offices are vacant see sec. 1168. 



NUMBER XXXVII. 

F^onnfor aj)point7nent of arbitrators. — {See sec.. 1155.) 

Office of School Fund Oommissioner, ) 
. . . County, . . . 18 . . \ 

I hereby appoint C D., E. F. and Gr. H., arbitrators to 

settle the dispute now pending between school district No. 

of township, and school district No. — , of — township, 

to wit : [here state the matter at issue.] They will make due 
return of their decision to this office, as required by law. 

A. B. 
School Commissioner of county. 

NOTE. — Arbitrators cannot settle a dispute as to houndary, but simply ae 
to money or propertij, giving the injured party -Esuch damages '■^ as justice and 
equity may require." 



FORMS. 



Gii 



NUxMBERXXXVIlI. 

Form of draft by the President on the School Fund Com- 
missioner. {See sec. 1122 and 1140.) 

To the Scliool Fund Commissioner of comity, loAva: 

Pay to the order of D E , treasurer, of school 

district No. , township of , the sum of dol- 
lars, being the amount due said district according to notice 

received from your office, dated , A. D. 18—. 

A B . 

President of school district No. . . township of . 

Attest, C D . Secretary. 



NUMBER XXXIX. 

Form for award of Arbitrators. {Sec sec. 1155.) 

"We, the undersigned, arbitrators, appointed by the School 

Fund Commissioner, of county, Iowa, on the day of 

18 , in the case then pending between school 

No. of township, and school district No. — , of 



township, having heard the testimony of the respective par- 
ties, render the following as our award: (here state the deci- 
sion at length.) 

Witness our hands, this dav of , 18 — . 

G. D. ) 

E. F. V Arbitrators. 

G. H. S 



NOTE.' — Arbitrators should make their return to Ihe Commissioner with- 
out delay. 



66 FORMS. 



NUMBER XL. 

Form for notice to Fund Commissioner where districts wish 
to he united. {See sec. 1166.) 

I hereby certify tbat the qualified electors of school district 
No. , of township, at a meeting held for that pur- 
pose, on the day of , 18 . ., signified their assent 

by a vote taken as prescribed by law, to be united with school 

district No. — •— , of township. 

Witness my hand, this day of , 18 . . 

A. B. 
Secretary of school district No. , of township. 

NOTE. — The Secretary of each district desiring to be united, should file 
a certificate of this character with the Fund Commissioner. 



NUMBER XLl. 

Form for order of Fund Commissioner to unite districts. 
{See sec. 1165.) 

Office of School Fund Commissioner, ) 

county, 18 . . ) 

Notice is hereby given that I he.ve this day united school 

district No. , of township, and school district No. 

, of township into one district, to be known by the 

name and style of school district No. — of township, as 

requested by official information on file in this office from the 
respective secretaries of said districts. And I hereby appoint 
and require C. D. to give notice, in accordance with Sec. 1110, 

that a meeting will be held in said new district on the 

day of ■ 18 — at for the election of officers. 

A. B., 
School Fund Commissioner of county. 

NOTE. — Notice will be given, and the officers elected and qualified as in 
case of the formation of a new district. (See sec. 1110, '11, '12, and '13.) 
The officers of the respective districts united v/ill continue to discharge their 
duties until the officers of tKe new district have given bond, and taken the 
oath of office, and should tlien deliver the books, papers and funds of their 
respective districts to the officers of said new district. Send a copy of thia 
notice to the secretary of each district affected. 



FORMS. 67 



NUMBER XLU. 

Form for allowance for salary to Fund Commissioners. 
{See sec. 1174, 11T5, and 1176.) 

We, the undersigned, having examined the books and ac- 
counts of A. B., School Fund Commissioner in and for the 
county of Iowa, hereby allow him the sum of as sa- 
lary from the first day of April A.D. 18 — to the thirty-first 

day of March A.D. 18 — , and the sum of , as contingent 

expenses for the same period. 

Witness our hands this day of 18 — . 

C. D., Clk. Dist. Court. 

E. F., Sheriff. 

Gr. H., Pros. Atty. 



NUMBER XLIII. 

Form for notice to Fund Com,m,issioner. {See requirement 
of Superintendent.) 

I hereby certify that I have this day, to wit, the day 

of , 18 — , administered the oath of office to C. D., E. 

F. and G. H., directors of school district No. of ■ 

township, and that said E. F. and G. H., secretary and trea- 
surer, have filed their bonds with the president of said dis- 
trict, as required by Iqay. 

A. B., 
Justice of the Peace. 



NOTE. — The directors of each school district will file this certifieate with 
the Fund Commissioner immediately after their qualification. 



6'8 ~ FORMS. 



JSUMBEPw XLIV. 

Foryn for interest report to Superintendent of Public 
Instruction. {tSee requirement of Super mtendent^ 

Office of School Fund Commissioner. \ 
- - . County, , 18—. ' \ 

Sir — The total amount of interest collected at this office 
for the period commencing January 1st, and ending December 
31st, 18— is - ' - . $325,50 

Collected on delinquency of previous years, 34,60 

aV^tal amount, - - — • $360,10 

Amount allowed for salary from April 

1, 18—, to March 31, 18— - 135,00 

" " contingent expenses, 13,50 148,50 

Amount on hand for distribution, - - - $211,60 

Amount uncollected, - - . - 13,50 

A. B., 

School Fund Commissioner of County, 

To , Sup. Pub. Instruction. 

NOTE. — This report should be made from the first to the 10th of Janu- 
ary, in order that it may reach the iSuperintendent in time for the appor- 
tionment on the 25th of January. Fund commissioners should be prompt in 
the collection ©f interest, and show no lenity, save that which is granted bv 
the law, (See sec. 1051, 1U52, and 1075.) 



NUMBER XLV. 
Form for appointment of district officers. {&ee sec. 1168.) 
Office of School Fund Commissioner, / 

country, , 18 — . \ 

Information having been filed in this office by C. D., E. F. 

and G. 11., qualified electors of school district No. of 

— township, that said district is without officers, as re- 
quired by law, I hereby appoint I. J., president, K. L., secre- 
tary, and M. N., treasurer of said district, till the next regu- 
lar district election therein. 

A. B., 
School Fund Commissioner of County. 



NOTE. — Deliver the appointment to any one of the officers, and request 
him to nntify <he others. Require the written certificate of at least three of 
the flectors of the district before makmg the appointment. 



FORMS. 



69 



NUMBER XLVI. 

Form for notice of alteration of districts. {/See sec. 1171.) 

Office of Scliool Fiiiul Commissioner, I 
County, , 18—. \ 

To the Secretary of scliool dist. No. of toAvuship: 

You are hereby notified that I have this day changed the 
boundary of your district by (here insert the alteration.) 

A. B., 
School Fund Commissioner of County. 



NUMBER XLVII. 

Pormfor clerk'' s certificate for deaf dumb and blind. 
{See sec. 1186 ) 

I, A. B., Clerk of the county court of county and 

state of Iowa, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence 

was adduced to the county court of said county on the 

day of 18 — , that C. D., (son, daughter, or Avard, as 

the case may be) of (here give the names of the parents or 
guardians) of said county is [here state the impediment, or 
impediments, if more than one.J and that the age of said C. D. 

is years. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my 
hand, and affixed the seal of the County Court 

of County, this day of , 

[L.S.] 18—. 

A. B., • 

Clerk of the county court of county. 



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SCHOOL HOUSES. 



FIGURE I. 

Plan of School Room for Sixty Scholars. 



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[26 FEET BY 40 INSIDE.] 



[Scale of 8 feet to the inch.] 



SCHOOL HOUSES. 

A A. — Aisles. The central one is three feet Avide, and 
each of the other four are two feet inside. 

B B. — Blackboard, reachincr entirely across the hack end 
of the room, "which should be made by giving the plastering a 
colored hard finish. 

D D. — Outer and inner doors. The entry should be 
lighted over the outer door. In this plan there is but one 
entrance door. 

H H. — Desks, four feet in length, and varying in height 
from one foot six inches, next the teacher's table, to two feet 
two inches next the entrance door. Each desk should have a 
shelf beneath it for books. The desks should vary in width 
from one foot two inches, to one foot eight inches, and slope 
about one inch to the foot, 

1 1. — iSeats, varying in height from ten to sixteen inches. 
The front edge of the seat should come very nearly imder the 
edge of the desk. 

L L.- Moveable Seats near the stove, which may be occu- 
pied by scholars warming, or by small children if necessary. 
It may also be convenient to use them in the recitation rooms. 

O.—Air Tube, under the floor, through which pure air 
may be introduced beneath the stove. Impure air should be 
allowed to pass off through a ventilator, or by lowering the 
windows. 

R R. — Recitation Seats. 

S. — Stove, the pipe of which, passing over the central aisle 
should enter a chimney at the back end of the room. 

T. — Teachers Table, two feet wide and six feet long. The 
table should be furnished with a drawer, lock and key. It may 
also be convenient to add a platform for the teacher, extending 
entirely across the room, and as far out as the back part of the 
recitation seats, raised seven inches, so as to elevate the pu- 
pils who are reciting. 

W W. — Windows, of which there are two in front and 
three on each side. The upper sash of the windows should be 
hung with pulleys, so as to be lowered little or much, as may 
be necessary for ventilation. They should also be furnished 
with shutters on the outside and curtains on the inside. 

U U. — Closets, one for boys ami one for girls, to be used 
for hanging up hats, bonnets, cloaks, <fcc., and for recitation 



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SCHOOL HOUSES. 



rooms when occasion may require. By leaving the doors 
open a few hours they will become sufficiently warm from the 
heat of the stove in the main room. 

JNOTE. — This plan may be varied slightly by dispensing with the aisle, 
immediately on the right and left of the centre one, as far back as the middle 
tier of desks and seals extend, so as to admit twelve additional pupils. But 
this should be avoided if possible, as it would create confusion among pupils 
in passing to and from their seats. An additional story may be added, if 
desired. 



FIGUEE II. 



FIGURE III. 





Figure 2 represents one half of the top of a desk, the up- 
per surface of which, except three inches of the most distant 
portion, slopes one inch in a foot. . The edge is in the same 
perpendicular line as the front of the seat. The upper por- 
tion of the desk has a groove [a] running along the line of the 
slope, to prevent pencils from rolling off; an opening [h\ back- 
side of the groove to receive a slate ; and an opening (c) to re- 
ceive an inkstand. There should be a shelf beneath the desk, 
for books, as represented by dotted lines in Figure 3. The 
game figure represents the proper inclination of the seat, its 
back, and the top of the desk. The seats should vary in height 
from ten to sixteen inches, and the desks from one foot six 
inches to two feet two inches. 



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FIGURE IV. 



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Plan of School Room for one hundred and forty four scholars. 




[40 BV 56 FEET INSIDE.] [SCAI.E 10 FEET TO THE INCH.] 

A A. — Teachers platform, six feet broad, raised seven inches. 



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SCHOOL HOUSES. 

B B. — Blackboard, reaching entirely across the end of the 
house, made by giving the plastering a colored hard finish. 
Also, blackboard on one side of the library and recitation 
room. 

C C— Mott's patent cast iron chairs. 

D D. — Entrance and inner doors, one of which leads into 
the room for library and apparatus, between the entries. 

H H. — Desks, eighteen feet long, except the three on either 
side next the entrance doors, which are twelve feet each. 

L L. — Shelves, or cases for library, apparatus, (fcc. 

0. — Air Tube, under the floor, through which pure air 
from without may be introduced beneath the stove. At the 
other end of the room there should be a ventilator, throu2;h 
which the impure air may escape into the attic or chimney. 

S. — Stove, the pipe of which passing over the central aisle, 
should enter a chimney at the opposite end of the room. 

T T. — Teacher'' s table's,, the central one two feet by five; the 
others two feet by four, each of which should have a drawer, 
lock and key. 

U U. — Stairs in the entries for passage to the second story, 
which might be finished in a manner similar to that here 
given. Or the stairs and upper stoi-ies when it is not desir- 
able to accommodate more than one hundred and forty-four 
scholars may be omitted. Each story should be from twelve 
to fourteen feet in the clear. The principal aisles should not 
be less than four feet wide. 

V V. — Moveable seats near the stove. 

W W. — Windoios, three in front and five on each side. 
The upper sash should be hung on pulleys, so as to be loAvered 
at pleasure. Each window should be furnished with shutters 
on the outside and a curtain on the inside. The shutters 
should be carefully closed every night, and during the day 
when there is no school. These admonitions may appear un- 
important in themselves, but it should be remembered that a 
neat edifice can only be kept so b}^ constant care and atten- 
tion, and it is to be feared that the teacher who would be ne- 
gligent in this respect, Avould also be faithless in the discharge 
of many minor, yet very important duties to his pupils. 

NOTE. — This plan may be curtailed to 26 by 40 feet outside with a scale 
of 8 feet to the inch, so as to accommodate seventy-six pupils. It may also 
be varied by dispensing with the outer doors D D, and substituting one 



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large door in the centre, and one fliglit of stairs in the centre room. This 
change will render il necessary to diminish the size of the rooms on either 
side, whicii will enlarife the one in the centre sufficiently to admit the 
stairs. Both this and the former plan may also be modified by inserting 
two windows in the rear if deeaied expedient. 



FIGURE V. 





The above cut represents Mott's Patent Revolving Pivot 
Cliair, and cast iron scroll stanchions, for school desks. The 
following description of this chair and desk is gathered from a 
pamphlet issued by the patentee : 

'• The seat of the chair is of wood ; all other parts, of cast- 
iron. The desk stanchions are adjusted to the height of the 
chair — in the following scale, viz. : 



No. o Heiijlit of Height of front 

the chair. | Chair Seat. ! (dgeofDesk. i 



Width of Desk 



Length of desk 
room for cacli 
scholar; (not 
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20 inches. 
22 " 

24 " 

25 " 



The slope of the desk should rise li inch to the foot ; the 
larger desks having from 22- to 3 inches level on the top, to 
accommodate inkstands. 



SCHOOL HOUSES. 



In presenting the foregoing plans, for school houses, to the 
people of our State, I have drawn liberally on the wisdom and 
experience of the leading educators of other States. 

One of the most important items in the construction of a 
school house is to have it properly ventilated. By this I do 
not mean that the house shall be hoisted on stilts, the cracks 
in the floor left an inch wide, and a pane of glass broken in 
each windoAV, but I mean just what I say ; that they should 
he propei'h/ ventilated. Though somewhat prejudiced against 
the use of stoves, yet I consider it settled that they cannot be 
dispensed with in this climate, particularly for warming pub- 
lic buildings ; and I feel quite certain that this prejudice 
arises more from the manner of using the stove, than from the 
stove itself. We seldom realize the pernicious effects of i?i- 
haling impure attnosphere. A writer of extensive informa- 
tion on this subject, says : 

" It is ascertained by analysis that the air we breathe is 
composed chiefly of two gases, oxygen and nitrogen, united in 
the ratio of one to four by volume, with exceedingly small 
and variable quantities of carbonic acid and aqueous vapor. 
No other mixture of these or any other gases will sustain 
healtliy respiration. The chief chemical properties of the*at- 
mosphere are owing to the presence of oxygen. Nitrogen, 
which constitutes about four-fifths of its volume, has been 
supposed to act as a mere diluent to the oxygen. Increase 
the proportion of oxygen in the atmosphere, and the circula- 
tion and respiration become too rapid, and the system gene- 
rally becomes highly excited : diminish the proportion of 
oxygen, and the circulation and respiration become too slow ; 
weakness and lassitude ensue, and a sense of heaviness and 
uneasiness pervades the entire system. Air loses, during 
each respiration, a portion of its oxygen, and gains an equal 
quantity of carbonic acid, which is an active poison. When 
mixed with atmospheric air in the ratio of one to four, it ex- 
tinguishes animal life. It is this gas that is produced by 
burning charcoal in a confined portion of common air. Its ef- 
fect upon the system is well known to every reader of our 
newspapers. It causes dimness of sight, weakness, dullness, 
a difiiculty of breathing, and ultimately apoplexy and death." 
After a series of experiments, applicable to a room 20 by 24 
feet, and 7 feet high, he arrived at the following satisfactory 
conclusion : 

1st. That the quantity of air breathed by forty-five per- 
sons in three hours, is three thousand three hundred and 
seventy-five cubic feet. 



SCHOOL HOUSES. ( J 

2u(i Air once respired will not sustain animal life. 

ord. The school room was estimated to possess a capacity 
of three thousand three hundred and sixty cubic feet, fifteen 
feet less than is necessary to sustain health}^ respiration. 

4th. Were forty-fiye persons, whose lungs possess the esti- 
mated capacity, placed in an air tight room of the preceding 
dimensions, and could they breathe pure air till it was once 
respired, anl then enter upon its second respiration, they 
would all die with apoijlexy before the expiration of a three 
hours session. ^^ 

From the. foregoing facts, the absolute necessity of ventila- 
tion is fully apparent. This cannot be effectually accom- 
])lished b}^ the ordinary metliod of raising the loAver sash of 
the Avindow. The atmosphere whidi becomes impure by 
)-espiration and the heat of the stove, ascends to the upper 
part of the room, while the 'purer air occupies the lower part. 
Hence by raising the lower sash Ave permit a portion of the 
pure air to escape, and retain the impure. In addition to 
this, common observation shows that it endangers the health 
of the pupils who sit in or near the draft, of the cold air from 
Avithout, The plan suggested in Fig. 1 and 4, of admitting the 
cold air from without immediately underneath the stoA^e, and 
of permitting it to escape, AA'hen it becomes impure, by lower- 
ing the upper sash of the AvindoAV, or through an aperture in 
the ceiling, is far preferable. The temperature of the room 
is thus rendered uniform and healthy. 

"We often hear children complain of being sick in school, 
particularly with headache. This is evidently caused b}^ our 
school houses being kept either too cold, or too warm. To 
obviate this difficulty a thermometer should be used. The 
temperature of the room should range from 60° to 65"^ Fahren- 
heit, instead of from zero to 98'"', as is often the case in our 
school-houses, 

The necessary appendages are also essential to the com- 
fort and convenience of a school house. They are minutely 
set forth in the folloAving extract; 

'• Tliere are, perhaps, in the majority of school houses, a 
pail for water, cup and broom, and a chair for the teacher. — 
Some one or more of these are frequently Avanting. I need 
hardly say, every school house should be supplied Avith them 
all. In addition to these there should be the folloAving arti- 
cles : 1. An evaporating dish for the stove, which should be 
supplied AA^th clean pure water. 2. A thermometer, by 
Avhich tlie temperature of the room may be regulated. 3. A 
clock, by Avhich the time of beginning and closing school, and 



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SCHOOL HOUSES. 

conducting all its exercises, may be governed. 4. A shovel 
and tongs. 5. An asli pail and asli house. For want of 
these, much filth is frequently suffered to accumulate in and 
about the school house, and not unfrequently the house itself 
takes fire and burns down. 6. A wood house, well supplied 
with seasoned iDood. 7. A slop-bucket, to receive the water 
usually thrown on the floor by children after drinking. 8. A 
water-pot, for sprinkling the floor. 9. Two or three large 
dusting brushes. 10. A well, with provisions not only for 
drinking, but for the cleanliness of pupils. 11. And last, 
though not least, in this connection, two privies, in the rear of 
the school house {separated hy a close high fence^) one for 
boj^s and the other for girls. For want of these indispensible 
appendages of civilization, the delicacy of children is fre- 
quently offended, and their morals corrupted. 

In many of our schools there exists among the pupils two 
practices to which I would invite special attention : namely, 
defacing the school room, desks, seats, and out-houses, with 
vidgar inscriptions, and profane swearing and vulgar con- 
versation. Our steamboats, hotels, and other public buildings 
abound with filthy and vulgar inscriptions, and though we 
may not fully realize the painful fact, yet they serve, in some 
degree, as an index to the intellectual and moral character of 
our people. Even the sanctuary itself does not escape ! And 
why so ? The reason is, that the habit was contracted, fos- 
tered, and matured in the school house ! ! And in this con- 
nection I Avould respectfully call the attention of the Directors 
to their duty, as prescribed in section 1147 of the school law. 
And let none of them complain of the above practices who do 
not refrain from them themselves, so that they may instruct not 
only by precept, but also by that more effectual method, exam- 
ple. Let mild aijd rational, though efiicient, means be resorted 
to for the correction of evils and the suppression of vice. Let 
the teacher cultivate the most friendly relations with his pu- 
pils, and mingle with them in their leisure hours, so as to give 
tone to the character of their exercises, approving that which 
may be beneficial, and discountenancing that which is perni- 
cious. Let the periods of recreation be frequent, but do not 
permit the exercises to be too violent, or of too long duration. 

It should be remembered that we live in a country where 
the utmost sensitiveness prevails in regard to the influence of 
religious sectarianism. Let this be carefully avoided. Al- 
though there may be nothing wrong in emergent cases in hav- 
ing public worship, by the difi'erent sects, in our district 
school houses, yet it would seem unwise to permit it, where 
the least dissatisfaction is likely to arise from it. I shall en- 



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79 



Jeavor to be strictly guarded on tins point myself, and should 
I ever be inclined to any particular sect, in connection with 
our schools, it would be that one which should manifest the 
deepest interest in their welfare. 



PLASTER BLACKBOARD. 

As a substitute for the painted board, paint black a portion 
of the plastered wall, covered with hard finish, (i. e. plaster of 
Paris and sand,) or color the wall by mixing with the hard 
finish a sufficient quantity of lamp-black, wet with alcohol, at 
the time of putting it on. The hard finish, colored in this 
way, can be put on to an old, as well as a new surface. Un- 
less the lamp-black is wet with alcohol, or sour beer, it will 
not mix uniformly with the hard finish, and when dry, the 
surface, instead of being a uniform black, will present a spot- 
ted appearance. The w^all should not be varnished. But the 
slate blackboard, al)out three by four feet, with a correspond- 
ing thickness, is still better, and is believed to be more economi- 
cal. They can be obtained at a cost of about three dollars. 



BARNARD'S SCHOOL ARCHITECTURE. 

A number of copies of this invaluable work have been left 
with me for sale. Every school district which contemplates 
erecting a permanent school house, will save ten times the 
cost of the work, by securing it before they begin to build. I 
will forw^ard it to those who desire it, at the greatly reduced 
price of $1,50 per copy, post paid. The money can be remit- 
ted to me by mail, (the odd change in letter stamps for pre- 
paying letters) at Iowa City. 



SCHOOL BOOKS. 



Recommended hy the Super hit ejident of Public Instruction 



Sander's Primary School Primer. 
" Pictorial " " 
" Spelling Book. 
Child's First Book in Drawing, by Josiah Holbrook. " Na- 
ture before books, and drawing before writing," is the author's 
motto. 

Winchester's Primary Writing book. 

" Theoretical and Practical Penmanship, in 

four books. 

Sanders' 1st, 2nd, 3d, 4th, and 5th Readers. 
Parley's Universal History, with engravings. 
Webster's primary school and pronouncing Dictionary. 
Colburn's first lessons in Arithmetic. 
Perkins' elementary Arithmetic — Revised edition. 

" higher Arithmetic,* by G. R. Perkins, Principal of 
the New York State Normal School. 
Mitchell's Intermediate Geography. 
Mitchell's School " "and Atlas. 

" Ancient '' 

" Atlas of outline maps. 
" series of large outline maps. 
Wilson's or Mrs. Willard's History of the United States. 
Well's School Grammar, by W. H." Wells, A.M. 
The above catalogue includes the branches of education 
prescribed in section 1148 of the school law. I would 
remark that the chief object had in view in making the 
above selection is, uniformity in the books to be used in our 
schools. If we have competent teachers, almost any of the 
recent editions of school books will answer our purpose. In 
making a selection from the different authors, I have often 
found it difficult to decide between the relative merits of dif- 
ferent works. I have adopted those which I think at least 
equal in style and arrangement to any I have seen, and per- 
haps better adapted to our portion of the country. 



* The higher Arithmetic is designed for advanced pupils, and will also be 
useful to teachers. 



mmi BOOKS 

Recmnmcmlnlhy Ijii: iSiipcriiilcndeiii of Public /iistnwtion 



Sander's Prinmry School Primer. 
" Pictorial " " 
" Spelling Bonk. 
CliiUl's First lionk in Drawing, by Josiiili Ilnlbrook. "Na- 
ture before books, and drawing before writing," is the autlior's 
inotto. 
Winchester's Primary Writing book. 

" Theoretical and Practical Penmanship, in 

four bonks. 

Rii.m1.ik' l.m, 2n,l,:!d, 4tli, and 5th Readers. 
I'ailcy's Hiiiversiii llistory, witli engravings, 
Wcbstei's piimury school and pronnuncing^Dictionary. 
Colburn's first lessons in Aritlunetic. 
Perkins' olenientary Arithnictie— Revised edition. 

" liighcr Arithmetic," by G. R. Perkins, Principal of 
the Nc'K YniN Slat.: Normal School. 

Miii-li.-ll's Ir.iri' diato Geography. 

Mili'lnH'M Sr I " ami Atlas. 

Aiinnit " 

" Alias of outline maps. 
" scries of large niitline maps. 
Wilson's or Mis. Wilhird'.^) History of the United t^tates 
Well's School Grammar, by W. H.' Well..', A.i\. 
The above catalogue ineludes the bniiiches of ediieation 
prescribed in section 114H of Hu- .^ih.) 
remark that the eblcf nl. ;,■,■! b^ul I,, v 1, 



above seleetion 
schools. If we 111 
recent editions i»f i 
making 



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I would 
liking llie 



■ll..n| ll,l:,|,, „i|| 



of 111. 



I""l>"«'- 1" 

„ , ,, 1 I have often 

found It difliciiii i.i.lr.i.l,- l,>i«,rii ilir ,,1:11,1, merits of dif- 
ferent works. 1 Inn,. ,„l„|,i„l i|i„M iihi,!, I iliiiik at least 
equal m style and aVrangcineiit to any 1 have seen, and per- 
haps better adapted to our portion of the country. 

• Till. hicliCT Aritlimrtio la dMlgnt..! for adeuiictj Imuil,, aiij will iiUo be 



Annual Report of the Secretary of School District No. 



NUMBER XLVIir. 

Form for Amhtal Report of District Sccretarij.—{See section 1 136.) 
- — Township, to the School Fund Comnii-s.sioner of - — ~ county, Iowa, for the period commencing - 



-, 18 , and ending . 



$20,00 $12,00 



g; 3 j Aggregate amount paid 

I g'jteachera (luring Ihe year, 

■^ *i& tlieaource from whence 

Sjtbe same was received. 



$93,00 



§37,00 



.'Number of diatrict school 
g- B liouscs an,d of wliat mate- 
rial constructed. 



Cost ©f each 

district school | 

Jiouse. iErection of School! Contingent 



Number of private literary inslilutioua in tfic 



5,00 



810,00 



AcftdcmicB. 

i 
M)ilc. Female, 



School! 
EngUih'Frenoh 



iSpelling, 
Heo.ling, 
IWriting, 

Arithmetic, 
|Geography, 
iEnglish Crmmmar, 

nistoiy, 

lElementary Astronomy, \\ 

'Drawing. iM 



looks mcl in SoKooti of tlie DiRlrlct. 



Sander's Primers and Readers. 
Winchester'a I'enmanship. 
Colburn's 1st Lessons in jVrithmolie. 
Perkin's Elementary " 

Mitchell's Intermemate Geography. 
Mit..li,.l's Sclm,.I 'i and Atlas. 
Ii i.f, -r il,,riiile.lSlatos. 



I hereby certify that the foregoing statement is correct. 



Seliool Fund Commissioner of - 



^i.iM "N I I I ,, ■, \s(ronomy. 

L'l.il.lilii.t j;„ukiii ll,a«ilig. 



Secretary of School District No , of Township. 



~ NOTE The filin.^ of this renort is the most important duty the Seeretavy has to perform. It may be made out long enough prior to the day specified to give him time^to file it on that day with the Fund Commissioner. In ease be wilfully neglect, to 
do so th^f r";;Uent sho'lui instit«rsuit against him ?or damsgej. (See See. 1137.) I't is desirable that all the information required should be given. To fand average ninnber who attend school, see note to lorm XXXH. 



NUMBER XLIX. 
Form for Fund Commissioner's Annual Report. (See sees. 1092 and HOT.) 
Annual Report of tlie School Fund Commissioner of • County, Iowa, to tlie Superintendent of Public Instruction, for tlie period commencing ■ 



, 18 - , and ending - 





1 Z K g 


1 Z[ 21 




~=~?~~i i T 






-^,5-T- 










No. of tt.cl>erJ *y,"'f JS'"- 


» 2, 


■Ej § I Aggregate amount paid 
^ 5- teachers during the year, 


^ ^ 'Number of district school 
g- a houses and of what mate- 




Amount raised in 


b« district during the year by 


ll's 


Number of private hlerary instilutiona in cacli 








TOWNSHIP. 


I? 


tj 


Ij^ 


g s 


•< - and tlie sour 
■ o 'the same wa 


e from wliicl) 
received. 




rial constructed. 










pi 




Branches t.iuirht in SchoolH 
of the County. 








MT month. 


Colleges. 












Contingent 




Academies 


Schools. 






5 






district GCliooh 




1 




^ 














dumber 


Organized 


Unor- 
ganized 




1 ? 


z 


•2 


Male. Female 


Male. Female. 


1 


5 


Teaclipi's 
fund. 


Voluntary 
subscriplion 


fr 


Brick. 


Stone. 


Wood. 


houses. 


eipenses. 


Library. 


"2. 
1? 




Mflle. 


Female 


English 


French 


Germin 
















" 

















, 
































Spelling, ISandei-'s Primers and Readers. 


3 


4 


3 


Wasliington. 


23 


1 


16 




1 


§12,00 


§7,00 


75 


14 


§34,00 


§68,00 


§5,00 


1 






§350,00 §85,00 


§10,00 


§5,00 




1 




' 


1 




1 


lli-iidmg, I'VVilicliostov-s Peniiiansllip. 
AVritiiig, r„llmr./' II l.r'^sousin Ai'itlimctic. 


^ 






'■ 


44 


1 


35 


1 




?24,00 


?9,00 


120 


20 


§75,00 


§32,00 


§1,25 




■1 




§700,00. 


■..: §124,00 


§28,00 


§20,00 






1 




1 


1 




Arithmetic,, jl'n! i. 1'. . ' iry " 
Geography, |Mii , 1 l:i .liiito Gcograpliy. 

English Grammw, Jlii, hri , , , i 1 ' " and Atlas. 

History, Wil.f.in'.s Ili^;l.lry of the United States. 


4 


2 


1 


Marion. 


S3 


1 


43 


1 




?21,00 


§11,00 


90 


50 


§65,00 


§24,00 








1 


§400,00 


<► §275,00 


§17,00 


§9,00 








1 






1 






























































Elementary Astronomy, Well's School Grammar. 






























































Drawing. ' iMattison's Elementary Astronomy. 
































































Cliild's first Book in Drawing. 



A B 1 School Fund Commissioner of County. 

NOTE.-This report should he promptly forwarded to the Superintendent, in order that he may receiye it in time for his report to the General Asseinhlj'. It will be perceived that I htvre omitted the names of teaolicrs, »nd appropriated the column to books. The Fund CommUsioaers will 
please giye aa accurately as possible a list of the school books used in the county and the branches taught. The columns from tho 5th column to the right mclusiYC correspond with those of the Secretary s annual report. 



RULES. 



8X 



Uules established by the Superintendent of Public Instrua" 
tionfor the Government of School Officers, in conformity 
with Section 1084. 

1. No School Furxd Commissioner will be recognized as 
such by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, until he 
files with him a certificate from the proper officer, of his elec- 
tion or appointment and qualification. [See Form XIII.] 

2. No property, the value of which consists chiefly in such 
improvements as are liable to destruction by fire or other- 
wise, shall be taken as security for money loaned, as required 
by sections 1101 and 1102, unless the same is insured at 
the expense of the loanee for the full amount of the loan, 
principal and interest, and for the time it is efi"ected. 

3. The recordor's fee for recording mortgages given to se- 
cure money loaned by the Fund Commissioners, shall be paid 
by the loanee and deducted from the amount of the loan. 

4. No charge shall be made by a Fund Commissioner for 
administering the necessary oaths in the transaction of his 
official business. 

5. All expenses incurred by Fund Commissioners in the 
collection of interest, as contemplated in sections 1052 and 
1075, shall be paid by the loanee. 

6. When a petition is presented, in compliance with sec- 
tion 1105, for the alteration of a school district, the Fund 
Commissioner shall endorse upon it the date of presentation, 
file it in his office, and suspend further action thereon for 
twenty days. He shall immediately forward a written notice 
of the fact, to the secretary of each district affected by such 
alteration. 

7. During the said twenty days, should any one of the 
districts thus affected present a counter petition of two- 
thirds of the legal voters he shall suspend ail further action 
in the matter, so far as that particular change is concerned ; 

6 



82 RULES. 

but in case no such counter jretititu or remcEstiaLce is 
presented, he shall proceed to make the alteration, and shall 
give notice as required by section 1171. In case a new pe- 
tition is presented by either of said districts, asking a dif- 
ferent alteration, it shall be dealt with in like manner. 

8. Should he entertain doubts as to whether the petition is 
signed by two-thirds of the legal voters of the district, he 
may require the official certificate of the Secretary thereof of 
the fact, or such other testimony as may be satisfactory. 

9. No petition becomes compulsory upon the Fund Com- 
missioner, unless it conforms to the requirements of the law 
in the foregoing particulars. 

10. The above regulations refer only to petitions of two 
thirds of the legal voters of a district. 

11. Petitions presented by less than two-thirds of the 
legal voters for an alteration of the boundaries of a district, 
may be granted or rejected, at the option of the Commis- 
sioner ; but such alterations are placed upon an equal footing 
with those made without a petition. 

12. The Fund Commissioner may change the boundaries 
of a district without a petition, when he is satisfied that the 
convenience of the inhabitants requires it. 

13. He shall procure a map of the county, and delineate 
the municipal townships and school districts upon it, and 
shall also make a correct record of the formation and all alter 
ations of school districts, in a book provided for that purpose.* 

14. All applications for the formation of a district from 
parts of two or more adjoining counties, shall be made in 
writing, and filed with some of the respective Fund Commis- 
sioners concerned. 

15. The Commissioner with whom the application is filed, 
shall endorse upon it the date of presentation, and immediately 
give notice to the other Commissioners. 

16. Should a petition of two-thirds of the legal voters of 
any one of the districts afiected be presented adverse to the 
formation of said new district within thirty days after the 
presentation of the aforesaid application, all further action 

* NOTE. — It is not necessary that the map should be projected with a 
great deal of accuracy, but in a cheap plain style. The limits of school dis- 
tricts should be defined with a pencil, in order that they may be obliterated 
.^ith india-rubber, when alterations are made. 



xiULES. 

phall be suspended, but in case no such petition is presented 
Tvithin tlie time specified, the respective Fund Comndssioners 
may grant the application if thcj deem it expedient. 

IT. The proceedings in all such Cfises ehall he recorded 
by each of the Fund Commissioners concei'ned. 

18. Between the first and tenth day of January of each 
year, the Fund Commissioners shall report to the Superinten- 
dent of Public Instruction the amount of interest collected 
and on hand for distribution. [See Form XLTV^] 

19. From and after the first day of April, A.D. 185*2, 
school directors shall, immediately after their election or 
appointment and qualification, file a certificate of tlie fact from 
some justice of the peace, with the Fund Commissioner, and 
the Commissioner shall not pay any school money totlic dis- 
trict treasurer until the foregoing requisition is complied with.t 
[See Form XLIII.J 

20. The Secretary and Treasurer of a school district shall 
not enter upon their respective duties until they have taken 
the necessary oath of office, and filed their bonds as required 
by law. 

21. Fund Commissioners and Di«trict Officers who are re- 
elected, or hold over another term by reason of the non-elec- 
tion of a successor, or for the neglect or the refusal of the suc- 
cessor to qualify, shall qualify ancAV as required respectively in 
sections 1 090; and 1113. (See sec. 338 of the code.) 



83 



t NOTE. — Tliis reqnirenr'nt is dpsigripd for the mutual prit^ction of 
Fund Con)!nissioners and school districts, as it will prevent the pavrnent of 
school money to persons not legally au'luiriz '"d to receive it In order that 
it may not interfere with the payments in March next, it is made t > take 
efFfCt on the first day of April f illowing. 



SCHOOL LANDS IN UNORGANISED COUNTIES. 

JOINT RESOLUTION anthorizing the Governor to protect School, 
University, Saline and Swamp Lands, against waste. 

Resolved hy ilte General Astseifihli/ of the Slate of Iowa, 
That the Governor i«! hereby authorized and empowcied to in- 



84 RULES. 

stitute such regulations as lie may think proper, for the pro- 
tection of school, university, saline and swamp lands, which 
have been selected in the unorganized counties, against waste. 
Approved February 5th, 1851. 



UNIVERSITY LANDS. 

The Fund Commissioners in the several counties are autho- 
rized and requested by a resolution of the Board of Trustees 
of the State University to protect the University lands against 
waste, xin authentic list of these lands will be furnished 
them in due time, and it is hoped that they will receive prompt 
attention. 



To School Fund Commissioners: — 

The Superintendent begs leave to suggest to Fund 
Commissioners that much trouble may be avoided in the al- 
teration of school districts by refusing to make any change 
unless they conceive it absolutely necessary, or are driven to 
it by the presentation of petitions. The inconvenience of al- 
tering the boundaries of school districts to accommodate one 
or two isolated families, who cannot send their children to 
school in their own district, may be obviated by an arrange- 
ment between the respective Boards of Directors of adjoining 
districts as provided in section 1143, and where this can be 
done, no change ought to be made if it can be avoided. All 
these changes, however trivial, are detrimental to the best in=- 
terests of the districts concerned, and are often attended with 
serious consequences. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 

Correspondents will please remember that the Superintend- 
ent is necessarily absent from his office a large portion of his 
time, and consequently communications addressed to him of- 
ten remain unanswered for weeks or months. They may rest 
assured therefore in case of delay, that it is caused by other' 
conflicting duties which demand his immediate attention. 



CIKCULAR. 



85 



OiSce of Superintendent of Public Instruction, 
Io-\Ya City, Iowa, Nov. oil, 1851. 

To Fund Coriimissioners and School Directors. 

This pamphlet has been prepared with great care by the 

undersigned; in accordance Tvith the requirements of section 
1085, of the school law. It will be observed that the arrange- 
ment of the new code has been adopted in printing the several 
acts on the subject of education, so that the chapters, sections 
and notes correspond precisely. It is hoped that the forego- 
ing forms and instructions will aid school officers in the ad- 
ministration of the law, and render their official duties less 
intricate and difficult to perform. 

Complaint is often made that the law is ambiguous and 
difficult of comprehension. This impression is in part correct, 
but to a very considerable extent imaginary. The truth is, 
that many of those who complain have not made themselves 
sufficiently acquainted with it to form any correct conclusion 
concerning it. If officers wish to understand it, they must 
study it, not in part only, but in detail. The objects had in 
view in the publication of this pamphlet will not be attained, 
unless school officers familiarize themselves with its entire 
contents. And I would here remark, that frequent reference 
to other portions of the code, will aid very much in giving a 
correct construction to the school law. 

For the benefit of those who have not had an opportunity 
.of becoming acquainted with the legislation of our State on the 
subject of education, I would add, that the first law for the 
establishm-ent of a system of common schools, was adopted by 
our Territorial Legislature, on the loth of Januar}'-, 1840, 
and immediately subsequent to our admission into the Union, 
it was revised and perpetuated by the supplemental act of 
February 25th, 1847. In this form it continued in force until 
•superseded by the act of .January 15th, 1849. By a joint re- 



86 CIRCULAR. 

solution of tlie General Assembly, approved February 5£h. 
1851, the law last mentioned, with some slight amendments, 
was made a part of the " Code of Iowa," and as such it is pre- 
sented in the foregoing chapters. The general features of 
these several acts are essentially the same, but such altera- 
tions have been made from time to time, as the rapid influx of 
population, the increased demand for a more extended plan 
of operation, and the development of our educational resources 
seemed to require. 

An earnest appeal is made, therefore, in behalf of those 
e-ntrusted Avith the management of our school system, with the 
full assurance that it will not be in vain, to the wisdom and 
patriotism of our citizens, to co-operate with us in sustaining, 
at all. hazards, that most essential of all our interests — popu- 
lar education. While many other objects of importance en- 
gross their attention, and call loudly for the exercise of their 
philantliropy, let it not be forgotten that no one tiling vrill 
accomplish more towards rendering us prosperous and happy 
than the education of our youth, 

I am very respectfully, 

Your obedient servant, 

THOS. H. BENTON, Jr., 
Super int. "h dent of Puhlic Instruction, 



£^£^ This Pamphlet will become the properfy of the dis- 
trict to u'hicJi it is: given, and. must he delivered In/ the direc- 
tors to their successors in office. 









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